Saturday, April 29, 2017

Shooting-star


The display of shooting-star (Dodecatheon meadia) is very good this year on the gravel hill prairie area at Clegg Garden.  This area was burned earlier in the year as part of maintaining the prairie ecosystem.

Photos taken April 18, 2017.



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The scientific name of shooting-star has recently been revised from Dodecatheon meadia L.
to Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal.  Here is a link to the 2007 paper:





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