Dodecatheon cusickii Greene
[= Dodecatheon pulchellum var. cusickii]
Annotated by Luke Painter, May 2005.

Washington: Grant County: Sun Lakes State Park. Sun Lakes is 17 miles northeast of Ephrata, 93 miles west of Spokane and 134 miles east of Seattle. Approximately one mile northeast from recreation hall at Camp Delany, at the north end base of Umatilla Rock. Collected 1 meter from the trail that travels from camp to Dry Falls Lake. Elev. 1200 ft.
T24N R28E S6 SE of SW
Datum: NAD 27. Uncertainty: 805 meters. Coordinate Source: TRS2LL.
Habitat: rocky loam soil, big sagebrush steppe; Associates: Artemisia tripartita, Bromus tectorum, Poa sandbergii, and Chrysothamnus nauseosus; aspect northwest. Most of the Dodecatheon species have already gone to seed in this area. Phenotypic correlates of polyploidy. Sampled anther and took leaf peel to determine ploidy level. Nicole Forrester-University of Pittsburgh. 2014. Reference specimen for illustration in Revision of Flora of the Pacific Northwest WTU Herbarium, 2016. Phenology: Flowers.

Kristin Oogjen 22, Apr 23, 2005
With Brian Marzano, Donna Lipiz, Nathan Waldren, Kalle Skurla
WTU, Accession: 364435, Barcode: WTU-V-027258