Tundra Shootingstar

Description

Dodecatheon austrofrigidum (syn. Primula austrofrigida) is a species of flowering plant in the primrose family known by the common names frigid shooting star and tundra shooting star. It is native to Washington and Oregon in the United States, where it grows in the coastal mountain ranges, including those on the Olympic Peninsula. This plant has a basal clump of leaves up to 30 centimeters long by 7 wide and have smooth to wavy or somewhat toothed edges. The inflorescence is borne on a flowering stalk up to 45 centimeters tall. It has one to seven flowers with magenta corolla lobes up to 2 centimeters long or more which are reflexed away from the flower center. The stamens are maroon or purple and forms a protruding tube.