NameThatPlant.net: Primula meadia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-01-001:

Dodecatheon meadia FAMILY Primulaceae

COMMON NAME:
Eastern Shooting Star

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 147-01-001:
Dodecatheon meadia FAMILY Primulaceae

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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

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