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Checklist » Primulaceae » Dodecatheon pulchellum var. monanthum

Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr. var. monanthum (Greene) B. Boivin [FNA8]
Primulaceae
dark-throated shooting star

Origin: Native

Voucher:WTU (view specimen records)

Notes: FNA8: "Variety monanthum is a spring-flowering plant in widely scattered areas (400-1800 m) in the Wallowa Valley, near Pendleton, the John Day Valley area, and Illinois River area in Oregon. The variety is found also in Del Norte County, California, and in Garfield County, Washington. The disjunct Utah populations flower in the summer and occur at 2000 to 3000 meters in the southern Wasatch Mountains, basically from Mount Nebo of eastern Juab County south to near Orderville, Kane County. The Utah phase requires more study; the maroon filament tube is almost certainly due to a shift in pollinators, and there is some question as to whether it is the same taxon as the Oregon plants."

Literature:
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Photo © H. Tim Gladwin
(from WTU Image Collection)

Taxon treatment authored by Fred Weinmann; last updated 10/30/2009 by David Giblin
Synonyms
Dodecatheon pauciflorum Greene var. monanthum Greene
Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr. ssp. monanthum (Greene ex R. Knuth) H.J. Thompson ex Munz   [KZ99]
Dodecatheon radicatum Greene ssp. monanthum (Greene) H. J. Thompson
Primula pauciflora (Greene) Mast & Reveal var. monantha (Greene) Mast & Reveal




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