Dodecatheon meadia
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| Shooting Star | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Dodecatheon |
| Species: | D. meadia |
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| Dodecatheon meadia L. |
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Dodecatheon meadia, known as Shooting Star, is a perennial wildflower native to North America. It is found in the American South, as well as the Upper Midwest, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania and the Canadian province of Manitoba. It grows in woods and prairies and is tolerant to partial shade.
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[edit] Description
The Dodecatheon meadia is within the genus of Dodecatheon, which contains other species of "shooting stars". It has white or pink petals which nod from an umbel, protruding from a scape 8 to 20 inches tall. It flowers in the spring.
[edit] Cultivars
Dodecatheon meadia 'Goliath' is a cultivar that grows larger flowers on taller scapes. White flowering forms are also grown in garden and can occasionally be found in the wild.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Alan S. Weakley (April 2008). "Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and Surrounding Areas". http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm.
- ^ Steiner, Lynn M. 2006. Landscaping with native plants of Michigan. St. Paul, MN: MBI Pub. Co. Page 82.
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- http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/wildflowers/dodecatheon_meadia.html
- http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=DOME
"Cowslip". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
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- Primulaceae
- Wildflowers of the Great Smoky Mountains
- Flora of Appalachia (United States)
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