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Henderson's Shooting Star (Primula hendersonii)
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Flower
White
Pink
Violet
4 Petals
5 Petals
Basal
Typical Height
Perennial
Native
Description
Height to 1 ft.
EW Bloom Feb - Apr
Pointed pink petals, 1/2 to 1" long, reflex back from a drooping stalk, forming a shooting star.
Look for these pink beauties in early spring in damp meadows and open woodland.
CA native
AKA Shooting Star, Mosquito Bills, Foothill Shooting Star
Primrose Family (Primulaceae)
4 or 5 pink petals bend up, and reproductive parts point down.
Flowers form loose groups at the top of a 1-foot-tall leafless red stem.
Smooth-edged and smooth-topped leaves are rounded. They're all
basal
.
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Shooting Star has a sturdy, leafless red stem that grows erect, from 4 inches to about a foot high, with several flowers at the top. Leaves form a ...
The roots are white (if you clean off the dirt), and have rice-size bulblets at the base of the plant. For several years Shooting Star doesn't send ...
Shooting Stars form colorful areas in moist grasslands or open woods where the ground dries out in the summer. Its genus name, Primula, is Latin fo ...
Leaves are dark green ovals that taper quickly to leaf stalks. They're often a couple of inches long but can grow to 6 inches. Stems are always re ...
Leaves have smooth edges and surfaces. They're somewhat fleshy, not hairy, and show a central vein.