Dodecatheon dentatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, known by the common names white shooting star and toothed American cowslip. It is native to the Pacific Northwest of North America, including British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Idaho. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. This species is sometimes divided into subspecies. Two of these may be treated as separate species, Dodecatheon ellisiae, native to Arizona and New Mexico, and the pink-flowered Dodecatheon utahense, a Utah endemic.