[Sidenote: =Small Shooting-star=
_Dodecàtheon pauciflòrum_
=Pink
Spring, summer
West=]
A charming little plant, growing in wet, rich mountain meadows, with a
smooth reddish stem, about eight inches tall, bearing a bracted cluster
of several delicate flowers, and springing from a loose clump of smooth
leaves. The flowers are about three-quarters of an inch long, with
bright purplish-pink petals, with a ring of crimson, a ring of yellow
and a wavy line of red, where they begin to turn back; the stamens with
united filaments and long purplish-brown anthers; the pistil white.