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Mosquito Bills
( Primula hendersonii )
Primula hendersonii
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About Mosquito Bills (Primula hendersonii)
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Dodecatheon hendersonii
is a species of Dodecatheon native to western North America, from California north to southern British Columbia and Idaho. In California, it occurs in the northwest (except the north coast), the Cascade Range, the Sierra Nevada foothills, the Central Valley, the San Francisco Bay Area, the north Inner South Coast Ranges, and the San Bernardino Mountains. It is generally found in open woodlands, from sea level in British Columbia, up to 1900 meter altitude in California. Common names include broad-leaved shooting star, Henderson's shooting star, mosquito bills, and sailor caps. D. hendersonii is summer deciduous, dying back to the ground after the rains cease. It has basal clumps of leaves, 2-16 centimeter, with nodding flowers 6-25 millimeter long on stems 10-30 centimeter tall. The flowers are magenta to deep lavender to white, with the stamens are thrust out and the sepals bent back. It is highly variable and hybridizes with
Dodecatheon clevelandii
, from which it can be distinguished by its reddish or purplish stem.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Perennial herb
Size
4 - 11.8 in tall
Dormancy
Summer Deciduous
Flower Color
Pink, Lavender
Flowering Season
Winter, Spring
Wildlife Supported
Butterflies & moths hosted ( 2
likely
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Arrowhead Arctic Blue
Agriades podarce
Agriades podarce
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Spotted Cut-Worm
Xestia c-nigrum
Xestia c-nigrum
Landscaping Information
Sun
Shade, Part Shade
Nurseries
Carried by 6
Soil Description
Needs good drainage
Sunset Zones
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7*, 8, 9, 14*, 15, 16, 17, 18*, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24
Natural Setting
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 12.8" - 126.5", Summer Precipitation: 0.19" - 3.85", Coldest Month: 31.6" - 50.7", Hottest Month: 53.5" - 77.8", Humidity: 0.14" - 26.55", Elevation: 10" - 8590"
Alternative Names
Botanical Names
: Dodecatheon hendersonii
Common Names
: Foothill Shooting Star
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Sources include:
Wikipedia
. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License
. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the
California Consortia of Herbaria
, Sunset information provided by
Jepson Flora Project
. Propogation from seed information provided by the
Santa Barbara Botanical Garden
from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include
CalPhotos
,
Wikimedia Commons
, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include
Calflora
,
CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online
,
Jepson Flora Project
,
Las Pilitas
,
Theodore Payne
,
Tree of Life
,
The Xerces Society
, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from
PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University
, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.
Links:
Jepson eFlora Taxon Page
CalPhotos
Wikipedia
Calflora
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