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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Primula meadia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
Go to FSUS key
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Dodecatheon and Primula from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Read more about Eastern Shooting Star at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dodecatheon meadia ssp. meadia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Primula meadia
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8 (2009)
Dodecatheon meadia
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dodecatheon meadia ssp. brachycarpum
INCLUDING Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dodecatheon meadia ssp. meadia
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-01-001:
Dodecatheon meadia FAMILY Primulaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dodecatheon brachycarpa
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dodecatheon hugeri
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dodecatheon meadia
COMMON NAME:
Eastern Shooting Star
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Keith Bradley kab_primula_meadia_4135
February Aiken County SC
Savannah River Bluffs Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120325_823
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm120325_833
March McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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Bill Sharpton gws483_a
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
The 5 corolla lobes are swept back to expose the stamens, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Harry Davis hld483_crw_0223
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
The 5 stamens are united and converge, appearing cone-like, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0504d_33
April McCormick County SC
Stevens Creek Heritage Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm160421_366
April Sevier County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
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Ron Lance rwl_20240425_130712
April Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Ron Lance rwl_20240425_130930
April Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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JK Marlow jkm0005b_09a
May Rutherford County NC
Chimney Rock Park
Erect scapes 6-20" tall arise from a leafy basal rosette, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm0505j_37
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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JK Marlow jkm240502_8899
May Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdmedia_habitatpw1
May
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmdmedia_pw3752
May
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JK Marlow jkm080726_004
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Inflorescence umbellate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm080726_004b
July Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
Capsule ellipsoid or lanceolate, 8-12mm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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Tim Spira tpspmeadia
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Primula meadia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
INCLUDING
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dodecatheon meadia ssp. meadia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Primula meadia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 8
Dodecatheon meadia
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dodecatheon meadia ssp. brachycarpum
INCLUDING
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Dodecatheon meadia ssp. meadia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-01-001:
Dodecatheon meadia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dodecatheon brachycarpa
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dodecatheon hugeri
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Dodecatheon meadia
483
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Rich forests, woodlands, and rock outcrops (primarily calcareous or mafic), especially with nutrient-rich seepage, prairies, bluffs, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in GA Mountains (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Simple
Basal rosette
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White/Pink
Radially symmetrical
5 sepals united at base
5 petals united at base
5 stamens
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- All About South Carolina Wildflowers (Midgley, 1999) p143
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p123
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p175
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p215
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p174
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p138
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p191
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p299
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p104
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p133
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont (Spira, 2011) p430
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p122
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