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Dodecatheon meadia
Dodecatheon meadia
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Dodecatheon meadia

3.111493
35mm color slide
Digitized
Photographic image
May 1994
Dodecatheon meadia, flowers. Dodecatheon meadia (shooting star, prairie shooting star, Eastern shooting star, prairie pointers, rooster heads, American cowslip, pride of Ohio)  has white, pink or purple dangling flowers. The five upward facing, reflexed petals (petals appear to bend backwards), yellow stamens, and greenish-purple style are fused at the base and converge into a downward facing point.  The fused base has rings of white, yellow, and maroon.
Dodecatheon L.
Dodecatheon meadia L. (shooting star)
Perennials (Plants)
Flowers
Primulaceae (primrose family)
Plants
Sharon Yiesla Photograph Collection
Dodecatheon
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Illinois
Copyright statement: ©Sharon Yiesla

Copyright restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image are available from the Sterling Morton Library, The Morton Arboretum. For more information, please visit our ABOUT section or complete and submit this form.