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Hunkered down

            Shooting Stars (Dodecatheon pulchellum, primrose family) are widespread throughout western North America. Locally in Colorado they grow from the plains (5000' / 1500 m) to above treeline (12,000' / 3700 m). The alpine populations have short flowering stems, such as the individual here.

The reflexed petals make landing on the flower more difficult for potential pollinators. However the  shooting stars rely on a "buzz" pollination strategy, where the positioning of the pollinator's (usually bumble bees) flight muscles causes tightly held pollen to fall off the anthers and land on the legs and body of the pollinator or directly on to the stigma of the same flower.  Buzz pollination occurs in other species with similar flower morphology, including plants in the tomato family.

The name for the plant’s genus “Dodecatheon” was bestowed by the Roman naturalist Pliny (61-113), who delighted in the flowers and believed they were protected by the 12 Roman gods.

Taken in: United States / Colorado / Ward (show map)

Taken on: June 27, 2020

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Dodecatheon pulchellum

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7M3, f/5.6, 1/100 sec, 90mm, ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7M3
Lens:	FE 90mm F2.8 Macro G OSS
Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	90mm
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-0.7 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 9.3 (Macintosh)
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