Participant Info

Species

Dodecatheon pulchellum [Primula pauciflora] [Exinia pulchella]

Family

Primulaceae

CommonName

darkthroat shooting star, southern shooting star

Presence

YES

Status

native

EarliestDate

1900

LatestDate

2019

Ecosystem

montane, subalpine, tundra

Geobotanical

SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos

Counties

Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Hinsdale, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache, San Juan

Passes

Cochetopa, Cumbres, La Veta, Music, Stony

WildlifePreserves

Other Localities

PhotoRecords

YES Mary E. McDonald: Conejos Co, wetlands by FSR 113, 19 July 2015; Rich Haswell: Saguache Co, Poso Creek 2 July 2019

Comments

Shooting star is locally common on both sides of the Valley, typically on borders of montane streams but also by seeps and other kinds of wetlands. It is probably present in the Culebras since it is recorded from the eastern side of the Rio Grande drainage in New Mexico. The flower is present in all USA states west of the Great Plains. Note that Mast and Reveal 2007 have subsumed the genus Dodacethon under Primula. As of July 2024, the new name, Primula pauciflora, has been accepted by POWO and iNaturalist but not by FNA and BONAP.

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