Dodecatheon meadia

Dodecatheon meadia
Conservation status
Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Primulaceae
Genus:	Dodecatheon
Species:	D. meadia
Binomial name
Dodecatheon meadia L. 1753 not Greene 1888
Synonyms
Synonymy Dodecatheon angustifolium Raf. Dodecatheon cordatum Raf. Dodecatheon crenatum Raf. Dodecatheon cuneatum Raf. Dodecatheon ellipticum Raf. Dodecatheon flexuosum Raf. Dodecatheon hugeri Small Dodecatheon integrifolium Michx. Dodecatheon lemoinei auct. Dodecatheon longifolium Raf. Dodecatheon lutescens C.Z.Nelson Dodecatheon obovatum Raf. Dodecatheon obtusum Raf. Dodecatheon ovatum Raf. Dodecatheon parviflorum Raf. Dodecatheon pauciflorum (Durand) Greene Dodecatheon reflexum Salisb. Dodecatheon serratum Raf. Dodecatheon splendidum auct. Dodecatheon stanfieldii Small Dodecatheon triflorum Raf. Dodecatheon undatum Raf. Dodecatheon uniflorum Raf. Meadia crenata Kuntze Meadia dodecatheon Mill. Meadia pauciflora (Greene) Kuntze Primula meadia (L.) Mast & Reveal Primula pauciflora (Greene) Mast & Reveal

Dodecatheon meadia is a species of flowering plant in the family Primulaceae, 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 tolerates partial shade.

It is commonly known as shooting star, though this name may also refer to other species.

It has white or pink petals which nod from an umbel, protruding from a scape 8–20 in (203–508 mm). It flowers in the spring.

Cultivars

Dodecatheon meadia 'Goliath' is a cultivar that grows larger flowers on taller scapes. White flowering forms can occasionally be found in the wild.^[1]

The white-flowered form D. meadia f. album has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.^[2]

References

1. Steiner, Lynn M. 2006. Landscaping with native plants of Michigan. St. Paul, MN: MBI Pub. Co. Page 82.
2. "Dodecatheon meadia f. album". Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 24 July 2013.

External links

• https://www.ncsu.edu
• USDA PLANTS database
• Alan S. Weakley (2012), "Primula meadia", Flora of the Carolinas, Virginia, and Georgia, and Surrounding Areas