PLANTS Profile for Dodecatheon alpinum ssp. majus (alpine shootingstar)

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Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene ssp. majus H.J. Thomp.
alpine shootingstar

Symbol:

DOALM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Primulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Native Status:
Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene ssp. majus H.J. Thomp.


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (AZ, CA, NV, OR, UT)

Related Taxa:
Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene ssp. majus H.J. Thomp.

View 11 genera in Primulaceae, 15 species in Dodecatheon, 2 subspecies in Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene

Classification:
Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene ssp. majus H.J. Thomp.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Primulales
Family	Primulaceae – Primrose family
Genus	Dodecatheon L. – shootingstar
Species	Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene – alpine shootingstar
Subspecies	Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene ssp. majus H.J. Thomp. – alpine shootingstar

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene ssp. majus H.J. Thomp.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
		Salvage restricted

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene ssp. majus H.J. Thomp.

Dodecatheon alpinum:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACW+,OBL

OBL

FACW+

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Dodecatheon alpinum (A. Gray) Greene ssp. majus H.J. Thomp.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 23951.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

Time Generated: 05/20/2013 11:22 AM CDT