| Scientific Name: | Primula pauciflora (syn. Dodecatheon pulchellum ) |
| Common Name: | shooting star |
| Family Name: | Primulaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. east of Cascades, B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest, U.S. - southwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.2 - 0.4m x 0.1 - 0.3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Medium - coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Native planting, Perennial border, Rock garden, Small garden/space, Spring interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Obovate, Spatulate, Dentate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Umbel, Violet, Pink, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Jul-Aug |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, spoon-shaped to oblanceolate, blades more than 3 times long as wide, margins mostly entire, gradually tapering to the short, broadly-winged petiole, up to 20cm long; umbels with up to 20 nodding florets 1-2cm long, with curved-back petals that are usually pink with yellow throat that fades to white. | |