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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Dodecatheon and Primula from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Ericales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Primula meadia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
GREATER THAN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Dodecatheon meadia ssp. meadia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 147-01-001:
Dodecatheon meadia
FAMILY
Primulaceae
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.
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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.
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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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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.
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JK Marlow jkm0505j_37
May Haywood County NC
Corneille Bryan Native Garden
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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.
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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.
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Tim Spira tpspmeadia
Month Unknown