Dodecatheon conjugens Greene
slimpod (Bonneville shootingstar; desert shootingstar; slimpod shootingstar)
Primulaceae

Introduction to Vascular Plants

Photograph

© Bryan Kelly-McArthur     (Photo ID #83588)


Map

E-Flora BC Static Map

Distribution of Dodecatheon conjugens
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Species Information

General:
Plants fibrous-rooted; roots whitish; bulblets absent.
Leaves:
Leaves lanceolate or oblanceolate to narrowly ovate, base gradually to abruptly tapering to the short, broadly winged petiole, entire, surfaces usually glandular-puberulent (at least along the margins) or rarely glabrescent, 3-13 (20) cm.
Flowers:
Inflorescences of 1-7 (10) flowers; involucral bracts lanceolate, glandular-puberulent, 3-10 mm. Flowers long-stalked; corolla tube and throat yellow, with a fine, wavy, reddish ring around the throat; corolla lobes pink (rarely white), 7-25 (35) mm; pollen sacs usually purplish-brown, sometimes yellowish or purple-spotted; calyces green, sometimes purple-speckled, usually glabrous (sometimes glandular), 5-12 mm; filaments usually distinct to their base (sometimes slightly connate), yellow or purplish-spotted to wholly dark purplish-brown; connective purplish-brown, usually with some yellow (at least apically), transversely rugose; stigma not enlarged relative to the style; pedicels glandular-puberulent, 1-5 cm. . Flowering Apr-Jun.
Fruits:
Capsules tan, cylindric, circumcissile, 8-12 mm.
Stems:
Scapes usually glandular-puberulent on the lower portion (rarely entirely glandular), 5-30 cm tall.

SourceThe Vascular Flora of British Columbia, draft 2014.
Author: Jamie Fenneman

Ecology

Ecological Framework for Dodecatheon conjugens

The table below shows the species-specific information calculated from
original data (BEC database) provided by the BC Ministry of Forests and Range.
(Updated August, 2013)

Site Information
Value / Class

Avg

Min

Max

Elevation (metres)
1291 745 2563
Slope Gradient (%)
21 0 88

Aspect (degrees)
[0 - N; 90 - E; 180 - S; 270 - W]

194 90 315
Soil Moisture Regime (SMR)
[0 - very xeric; 4 - mesic;
8 - hydric]
2 2 4
Modal Nutrient Regime
Class
C
# of field plots
 species was recorded in:
34
Modal BEC Zone Class
PP

All BEC Zones (# of stations/zone) species was recorded in

ESSF(11), IDF(1), IMA(1), MS(6), PP(13)

Habitat and Range

Moist seeps, grassy slopes, and meadows, usually in sagebrush communities or dry coniferous forests, in the steppe and montane (rarely subalpine) zones. Common in se BC (Rocky Mts., s Rocky Mtn. Trench); east to SK, south to CA, NV, WY.

SourceThe Vascular Flora of British Columbia, draft 2014.
Author: Jamie Fenneman

Synonyms

Synonyms and Alternate Names:
Dodecatheon conjugens var. viscidum (Piper) H. Mason ex H. St. John
Dodecatheon viscidum Piper