atum . ▁D . ▁po etic um ▁has ▁pet i oles ▁that ▁are ▁about ▁the ▁same ▁length ▁as ▁the ▁leaves ▁or ▁shorter . ▁The ▁pet als ▁are ▁unusual ▁and ▁cur ved ▁often ▁in ▁bright ▁h ues ▁of ▁p ink ▁to ▁lav ender . ▁ ▁The ▁cor ol la ▁is ▁five ▁lo bed ▁similar ▁to ▁D ode cat he on ▁dent atum ▁while ▁many ▁other ▁species ▁of ▁D ode cat he on ▁only ▁contain ▁four . ▁The ▁flower , ▁composed ▁of ▁both ▁stam ens ▁and ▁p ist ils ▁is ▁deep ▁pur ple . ▁The ▁cor ol la ▁is ▁yellow ▁in ▁color ▁at ▁the ▁base ▁and ▁dark ▁pur ple ▁at ▁the ▁top . ▁The ▁flowers ▁dro op ▁slightly . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁plant ▁continues ▁to ▁age ▁and ▁eventually ▁die , ▁the ▁seed ▁caps ules ▁turn ▁completely ▁ere ct , ▁rip en ▁and ▁dis charge ▁their ▁se eds ▁for ▁new ▁plants ▁during ▁the ▁next ▁growing ▁season . ▁ ▁Distribution ▁ ▁D . ▁po etic um ▁is ▁mainly ▁found ▁in ▁the ▁North western ▁region ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁mainly ▁in ▁the ▁ar id ▁transition ▁zone ▁in ▁Washington ▁and ▁Oregon . ▁ ▁Comp ared ▁to ▁other ▁members ▁of ▁its ▁genus , ▁D . ▁po etic um ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁more ▁open , ▁sun ny ▁areas ▁and ▁in ▁d rier ▁wood lands . ▁Occ asion ally ▁it ▁is ▁found ▁under ▁the ▁sh ade ▁of ▁P onder osa ▁p ines ▁but ▁is ▁more ▁commonly ▁found ▁in ▁open ▁me adows ▁with ▁am ple ▁sun sh ine . ▁In ▁addition , ▁this