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Dodecatheon media, form
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Dodecatheon media, form

3.111499
35mm color slide
Digitized
Photographic image
May 1996
Dodecatheon media, form. This Dodecatheon media (shooting star, prairie shooting star, Eastern shooting star, prairie pointers, rooster heads, American cowslip, pride of Ohio) has white, dangling flowers. The five upward facing reflexed petals, yellow stamens, and style are fused at the base and converge into a downward facing point. The fused base has rings of white, yellow, and maroon.  The basal leaves are long and narrow with smooth edges and pointed tips. 
Dodecatheon L.
Dodecatheon meadia L. (shooting star)
Perennials (Plants)
Plant Habit
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.