Dodecatheon radicatum Greene
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Primulaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much like no. 1 [Dodecatheon meadia L.], but usually smaller and blooming 2 weeks later; lvs not tinged with red toward the base; cor-lobes mostly deep rose-purple, rarely white, averaging smaller than in no. 1; fr thickest near the middle, the walls thin and fragile; 2n=44. Moist hillsides; driftless area of sw. Wis. and adj. Minn. to nw. Ill.; irregularly from e. Mo. to Pa., s. of the glacial border; throughout the w. cordillera. Apr.–June. Our plants are var. radicatum. (D. amethystinum)
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Common Names
western shooting star