Shooting Stars

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It was only just a few weeks ago the shooting stars were well how to say it…shooting with all their might. Now they’re gone but not easily forgotten.

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Members of the primrose family these flowers bloom in early spring in a variety of habitats including seasonally wet areas to sagebrush steppe.

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The species photographed is Bonneville Shootingstar: Dodecatheon conjugens which is the most common species of shooting star in our area.

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Gone for now or perhaps just making room for the next group of flowers to have there say.

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