Index / Search / Dodecatheon pulchellum ssp. pulchellum
§1 Plant — subspecies · Primulaceae
Dodecatheon pulchellum (Raf.) Merr. ssp. pulchellum
vernacular darkthroat shootingstar
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Primulaceae Batsch
- Genus
- Dodecatheon
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Montana distribution
Recorded in 24 of 56 Montana counties.
- Beaverhead 30001
- Carbon 30009
- Daniels 30019
- Fergus 30027
- Flathead 30029
- Gallatin 30031
- Golden Valley 30037
- Granite 30039
- Judith Basin 30045
- Lewis and Clark 30049
- Madison 30057
- Meagher 30059
- Missoula 30063
- Musselshell 30065
- Park 30067
- Powell 30077
- Prairie 30079
- Ravalli 30081
- Stillwater 30095
- Sweet Grass 30097
- Teton 30099
- Valley 30105
- Wheatland 30107
- Yellowstone 30111
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DOPUP2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/7223627 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-25
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