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Dodecatheon meadia
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Common name:
eastern shooting-star, pride-of-Ohio
Family:
Primulaceae (primrose family)
Synonym:
Primula meadia
Distribution:
e. United States
Hardiness:
USDA Zone 4
Life form:
Herbaceous perennial
Comments:
Eastern shooting-star is a lovely spring wildflower that typically grows in open woods, glades, meadows, and prairies. The plant forms a basal rosette from which one to four flowering stalks arise bearing an umbel of 8-20 nodding flowers. The flowers have five petals that are swept backwards (reflexed) and the yellow stamens cluster to form a point so that overall they have the appearance of shooting stars plummeting towards the ground. Plants have white or light pink flowers that appear in May. They are commonly pollinated by bumblebees that obtain pollen through "buzz pollination" - the rapid vibration of a bee's thoracic muscles.
Links:
•
Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy)
•
USDA PLANTS Database - US Department of Agriculture
Locations
1:
Woodland Garden (WLG)
(WLG)
• Accession: D2011-1343.001
Area
Individual