aka Tall Mountain Shootingstar. The spectacular pink to rose-purple flowers are in an umbrel on a leafless stem which is 6″ – 24″ (15 – 50 cm) tall. The flower’s five petals (occasionally four) are united into a short tube with a white or yellow band at the base. The five (rarely four) dark purple stamens pressed together form a dark ‘nose’ that hangs down. Common in wet meadows, along streambanks and lakeshores, even growing from shallow water. Usually best seen above 5,000′ elevation.