Dodecatheon pulchellum subsp. superbum (Pennell & Stair) Hult.
 
FamilyPrimulaceae — APG family: Primulaceae
SynonymsDodecatheon macrocarpum (Gray) Kunth, Dodecatheon superbum Pennell & Stair
DescriptionGlabrous; scapes from short, thick, erect caudex; leaves thick, erect, oblong- lanceolate, obtuse, nearly entire in the margin, gradually narrowed to the long, winged petiole; calyx purple-flecked, with triangular-lanceolate lobes; corolla pur- plish-lavender, pale and with purplish spots at base; filaments united into an orange tube; anthers purplish on outside; capsule ovoid-cylindric.
EcologySaline meadows along the sea. D. pulchellum described from “Carlton House Fort” (Saskatchewan).
Hultén's Flora About

This is a digital representation of Eric Hultén’s ‘Flora of Alaska and Neighboring Territories: A Manual of the Vascular Plants’, which was published by Stanford University Press in 1968. The book was digitized by C. Webb (at UAMN) as part of the Flora of Alaska project, with funding by the US NSF (Grant 1759964 to Ickert-Bond & Webb), and with permission of Stanford University Press. Data and images © 1968 Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Jr. Univ. Usage licence: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0. NB: You may find OCR errors; please refer to the hard-copy if in doubt.