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Primulaceae (Primrose)
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Dodecatheon meadia
Shooting Star:
reflexed petals, 5 yellow stamens surround 1 pistil in a cone
pollinated by Bombus vibrating flight muscles up to 300 cycles per second.
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Ranunculaceae
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Aquilegia canadensis
Columbine:
aquila=eagle: talon, columba: doves around fountain
5 tubes, spurs point up, nectar at tip: hawk moths & hummingbirds,
leaf miner resistent.
self-sows, mature hard to transplant: rhizomes.
European A. vulgaris can naturalize.
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