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Alternate Scientific Name (Synonym): Dodecatheon meadia
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Shooting Star
Genus species:
Primula meadia
Synonym:
Dodecatheon meadia
Common Names:
Shooting Star,Pride of Ohio
Family Name:
Primulaceae
Annual or perennial herbs; leaves various, simple and entire in most; flowers bisexual, regular, in various clusters; fruit a capsule with free central placentation.
Seed Type
Angiosperm
Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA terminology
Native
Category:
Wildflower
Flower Color:
White
Identified by:
A. Swanson
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