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Dodecatheon clevelandii
Gorgeous but small purple, white and yellow flower. It stood about 3cm tall on a single spike that comes from a small, low-growing plant. Third image shows flower bud. This is a native perennial herb and is only found slightly beyond the borders. The white variety can be seen at: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/182...
Along Daley Ranch trail in partial shade
Spotted on Jan 19, 2012
Submitted on Jan 19, 2012
12 Comments
This was an introduction for me. There were to in the middle of a grassy hillside just flirting for attention :) I'm glad you appreciate them!
Love Dodecatheon, such beautiful plants and such a treat to see them growing wild :) Thanks Cindy!
:)
You are welcome! I enjoy the "hunt" :)
:) Thanks Sarah!
p.s. Cindy.....beautiful photos!! :)
You were very close! Sailor's Caps just down grow in San Diego county :) Thank you for all you help!
Ok....then, Padre's Shooting Star it is!! Good for you!! :)
I found these: http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?Lati...
called "Sailor's Caps".....they look a lot like your flower (especially the bottom section). And, they are native to California....Still not 100% sure yet! What do you think?!?
I searched Calflora using Shootingstar and found it!
Well....I deleted it....because I am not so sure!! I thought it was a shooting star....but now I don't know!!
:( Am still searching!
Thank you for the common name Sarah!