Shooting Star
Dodecatheon pulchellum

Family: Primrose (Primulaceae)
AKA: Darkthroat Shooting Star
Photo taken on: June 16, 2007
Location: Copper Creek Trail, GV, CO
Life Zones: Foothills to subalpine
Habitat: Wet soil, stream sides

Grows to 16" in a loose spray of nodding flowers with backswept petals and basal leaves.