UNBC & Aleza Lake Research Forest
Plant Systems Database


Dodecatheon jeffreyi    ( Tall Mountain Shootingstar )

Family: PRIMULACEAE


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Species: Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merrill

Depiction: Perennial; found in dry, warm envrionments; in grasslands, mountain meadows and streambanks. Often in saline marshes and rock bluffs on the coast; sea level to high elevation.

Photo Location: Banks Island, B.C

Photograh Date: May 17th 2007

Photographer: Allan Carson



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