Primula meadia

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Family:PRIMULACEAE
Species:Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
Common Name:Eastern Shooting Star; Pride of Ohio
Habitat:Rich woods usually in circumneutral to alkaline soils.
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Herb
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Eastern Shooting Star is a native herbaceous perennial in the Primrose family (Primulaceae). It is native to northern and west-central Alabama. Eastern Shooting Star occurs in rich hardwood forests, in prairies, in rocky woods, and on limestone slopes. It is a perennial with white or tan colored cord-like fibrous roots. The plant is scapose with a basal rosette of leaves. Leaves are oblanceolate to spatulate with winged petioles. The leaves are glabrous with entire margins. Flowers are produced in a long stalked umbel with 5-25 flowers. Each flower has 4-5 green sepals with reflexed lobes. The corolla is short tubular with reflexed lobes. There are 4-5 white or pink petals with a red ring at their base. The stamens are exserted and the connective tissue between them is dark maroon or black. The pollen sacs are yellow. The fruit is a capsule. Eastern Shooting Star exhibits buzz pollination in which the pollen remains within the anthers until shaken loose by a bee grabbing the flower and vibrating its wings at the right frequency. Eastern Shooting Star is widely cultivated and readily available from nurseries. Several cultivars have been developed. It prefers a slightly shade location with dampish soils. Eastern Shooting Star is striking when planted in mass.—A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native
References:**
Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

** Not applicable or data not available.

Classification

FamilyPRIMULACEAE - Primrose family
Genus Primula
Species Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal - Eastern Shooting Star; Pride of Ohio

Citation

Citation PRIMULA MEADIA (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal, Brittonia 59(1): 81. 2007.
Basionym: Dodecatheon meadia L. 1753.
Type: **

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Dodecatheon hugeri    
Dodecatheon meadia Dodecatheon meadia L., Species Plantarum 1: 144–145. 1753. (1 May 1753)  
Dodecatheon meadia var. brachycarpum    

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Bibb, Blount, Butler, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clarke, Colbert, Cullman, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone, Madison, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Shelby, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1951 - 2023

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_3780 Lawrence 1 Apr 1956 Davis, Donald E.
S.N.		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
ALNHS00007510 Monroe 28 APR 2022 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#5750		 ALNHS
Primula meadia (L.) Mast & Reveal
AUA_ACC_55226 Franklin 28 Mar 1972 Kral, Robert
45211		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
AUA_ACC_45335 Jefferson 12 Apr 1979 Keyser, J.T.
28		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
JSU129206 Jackson 30 Mar 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
76		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UNA00053715 Blount 16 Mar 1997 Keener, Brian R.
37		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UNA00014265 Calhoun 7 Apr 1954 Sherman, Harry
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UNA00026991 Wilcox s.d. Buckley, S.B.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
AUA_ACC_72761 Jackson 18 Mar 2009 Barger, T. Wayne
HC29		 AUA
Primula Meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129197 Calhoun 26 Apr 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
174		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UNA00014279 Morgan 12 Apr 1980 Meigs, Russell A.
327		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0005942 Jackson 15 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3497		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014276 Tuscaloosa 21 Apr 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0009830 Franklin 10 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6906		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014267 Tuscaloosa 29 Mar 1955 Batson, Jack
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UNA00068775 Cullman 24 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4084		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
JSU129344 Walker 13 Apr 1970 Kral, Robert
38410		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_57562 Jackson 14 Apr 1973 Kral, Robert
49562		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
UNA00022109 Morgan 29 Mar 1973 Kral, Robert
49417		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
AUA_ACC_3778 Lawrence 17 Mar 1955 Burch, Jack
S.N.		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
UWAL0033903 Fayette 30 Mar 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9438		 UWAL
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129217 Marshall 23 Apr 1993 Spaulding, Daniel D.
3504		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
TROY000022339 Tuscaloosa 05 Mar 1994 Mann, Carroll J.
24		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UWAL0052180 Bibb 02 Mar 2019 Keener, Brian R.
10990		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129194 Bibb 18 May 1984 Whetstone, R. David
13951		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UWAL0005941 Cullman 24 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4084		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129216 Madison 11 Jun 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8382		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
SAMF0006738 Bibb 25 Mar 2017 Davenport, Lawrence J.
6494		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014261 Tuscaloosa 21 Apr 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
TROY000021183 Cullman 24 Mar 2008 Keener, Brian R.
4084		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_41461 Madison 8 Apr 1972 Dooley, M.K.
49		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
JSU129205 Jackson 28 Mar 1975 Whetstone, R. David
7628		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
JSU129200 Franklin 14 May 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16371		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_26035 Fayette 20 Apr 1965 Kral, Robert
23747		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
AUA_ACC_62096 Blount 27 Mar 1999 Keener, Brian R.
1840		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
JSU129204 Jackson 28 Mar 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
964		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UNA00067023 Jackson 15 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3497		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UNA00014257 Tuscaloosa 10 Feb 1965 Rubenstein, Norton
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
JSU129219 Tuscaloosa 2 Apr 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8077		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
SAMF0003946 Bibb 03 Apr 2008 Davenport, Lawrence J.
3779		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129209 Jefferson 30 Mar 1985 Barber, J. Patrick
1332		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UNA00014277 Franklin 25 Apr 1984 McDaniel, Sidney
27669		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
AUA_ACC_14091 Calhoun 10 Apr 1968 O'Neal, Judy
S.N.		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
UNA00014274 Tuscaloosa 21 Apr 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0005943 Lawrence 09 Apr 1955 Bunch, Jack
s.n.		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UWAL0009747 Madison 27 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6969		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00058451 Tuscaloosa 21 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2473		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
JSU129343 Walker 13 Apr 1970 Kral, Robert
38410		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
SAMF0003943 Jefferson 11 Mar 1955 Jones, Ross
s.n.		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00034386 Franklin 08 Apr 1988 Haynes, Robert R.
9290		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0037019 Lawrence 03 Apr 2011 England, J. Kevin
2721		 UWAL
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129215 Madison 16 Apr 1996 Hruska, Susan E.
1009		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
TROY000031303 Lawrence 01 Apr 1956 Davis, Donald E.
s.n.		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
AUA000043999 Madison 6 Mar 2020 Hansen, Curtis J.
7827		 AUA
Primula Meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129201 Fayette 18 Apr 1979 Whetstone, R. David
9387		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UWAL0009891 Walker 11 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6916		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129208 Jackson 10 Mar 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2227		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
TROY000034705 Butler 18 Mar 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22837		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
SAMF0003948 Jefferson 13 Mar 1957 Helms, Peggy
s.n.		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129345 Walker 8 Apr 1967 Sanford, N.
s.n.		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
TROY000022338 Tuscaloosa 21 Mar 2003 Keener, Brian R.
2473		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
TROY000022337 Sumter 19 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3420		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_40652 Jefferson 30 Mar 1985 Barber, J.P.
1332		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
JSU129213 Lawrence 27 Apr 1993 Whetstone, R. David
16443		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_12626 Talladega 3 Apr 1966 Wilson, J.R.
S.N.		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
TROY000037422 Butler 17 Mar 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23821		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UWAL0005945 Tuscaloosa 05 Apr 2006 Skinner, Angie
59		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
AUA_ACC_57534 Madison 13 Apr 1973 Kral, Robert
49505		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
JSU129199 Etowah 7 May 1995 Hodge, Lesley M.
4211		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UNA00014266 Bibb 30 Mar 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
1883		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
SAMF0003950 Jefferson 28 Mar 1953 Knight, R.
s.n.		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00047596 Madison 30 Mar 1975 Simmers, Richard W.
2830		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UNA00014278 Tuscaloosa 11 Apr 1985 Burckhalter, Robert
316		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
AUA_ACC_13870 Colbert 20 Apr 1966 Berry, Robert
S.N.		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
JSU129196 Calhoun 28 Mar 1954 Leath, Lewis T.
s.n.		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UNA00014268 Madison 20 Apr 1979 Meigs, Russell A.
119		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0013084 Butler 17 Mar 2013 Diamond, Alvin R.
23821		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014258 Tuscaloosa 09 Mar 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UNA00014270 Tuscaloosa 21 Mar 1962 May, Meredith
7		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UNA00014259 Tuscaloosa 20 Mar 1955 Batson, Jackie
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
TROY000036201 Franklin 10 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6906		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
JSU129195 Blount 27 Mar 1999 Keener, Brian R.
1840		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
SAMF0003945 Tuscaloosa 21 Mar 1962 May, Meredith
s.n.		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014269 Tuscaloosa 20 Mar 1963 Deramus, Rebecca
267		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0011693 Clarke 24 May 2013 Keener, Brian R.
7846		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129212 Lauderdale 30 Mar 1967 Holladay, Sonja
14		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
TROY000022334 Calhoun 30 Mar 1994 Connell, Shounda L.
29		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
SAMF0003947 Jefferson 13 Mar 1957 Westbrook, John
s.n.		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014263 Tuscaloosa 3 Apr 1964 Yeuell, Jane
7		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0054200 Walker 22 Apr 2020 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16940		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R Mast & Reveal
UWAL0015711 Winston 14 Apr 2007 England, J. Kevin
669		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129207 Jackson 10 Mar 1974 Whetstone, R. David
2227		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
TROY000022336 Jackson 30 Mar 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
76		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
JSU129202 Jackson 26 Mar 1999 Brodeur, Kristin R.
1573		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UNA00014264 Tuscaloosa 30 Mar 1964 Williams, James D.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UNA00054253 Blount 27 Mar 1999 Keener, Brian R.
1840		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
AUA_ACC_45204 Limestone 5 May 1979 Atchley, Cecil G.
125		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
UNA00014275 Tuscaloosa 30 Mar 1964 Caldwell, Richard D.
43		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
TROY000022335 Jackson 15 Apr 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3497		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
JSU129218 Shelby 16 Apr 1973 Kral, Robert
49670		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_55716 Jackson 18 Apr 1971 Kral, Robert
42126		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
AUA_ACC_11318 Colbert 23 Apr 1966 Burns, Earl R.
S.N.		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
JSU129341 Tuscaloosa 2 Apr 1976 Atkinson, Tim A.
1155		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
JSU129220 Tuscaloosa 3 Mar 1979 Whetstone, R. David
9329		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UNA00014271 Calhoun 1 Apr 1953 Pendergrass, Suevilla S.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
JSU129211 Jefferson 2 Apr 1976 Whetstone, R. David
8030		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
JSU129210 Jefferson 28 May 1984 Barber, J. Patrick
655		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
JSU129342 Walker 12 May 1979 Whetstone, R. David
9746		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
SAMF0003944 Franklin 10 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6906		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014272 Tuscaloosa 21 Apr 1951 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
TROY000040843 Clarke 24 May 2013 Keener, Brian R.
7846		 TROY
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A.R. Mast & Reveal
AUA_ACC_34017 Bibb 10 May 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1282		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
AUA000042917 Madison 31 Mar 2018 Swick, E.N.
 AUA
Primula Meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00066988 Sumter 19 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3420		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0010832 Butler 18 Mar 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
22837		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
TROY000051520 Winston 14 Apr 2007 England, J. Kevin
669		 TROY
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UWAL0018012 Cullman 27 Mar 1986 Kral, Robert
73165		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UWAL0005944 Sumter 19 Mar 2007 Keener, Brian R.
3420		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
JSU129214 Limestone 1 Apr 1996 Hofmann, Tim L.
00187		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
ALNHS00001067 Jefferson 14 Mar 2012 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#386		 ALNHS
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
SAMF0003951 Tuscaloosa 24 Mar 1965 Wall, Ben
W-13		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014262 Tuscaloosa 25 Mar 1969 Traylor, C.T.
5		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
UWAL0054162 Cherokee 04 Apr 2020 Spaulding, Daniel D.
16864		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R Mast & Reveal
AUA_ACC_32536 Lawrence 13 Apr 1974 Jenkins, J.D.
135		 AUA
Dodecatheon Meadia L.
JSU129198 Calhoun 1 Apr 1972 Whetstone, R. David
RDW-1327		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
UWAL0056889 Fayette 18 Mar 2023 Keener, Brian R.
12799		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UWAL0033633 Tuscaloosa 23 Mar 2016 Keener, Brian R.
9388		 UWAL
Primula meadia (L.) A.R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014273 Tuscaloosa 09 Mar 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
JSU129203 Jackson 4 May 1994 Spaulding, Daniel D.
6094		 JSU
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
SAMF0003949 Walker 11 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6916		 SAMF
Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A. R. Mast & Reveal
UNA00014260 Tuscaloosa 20 Mar 1955 Batson, Jackie
s.n.		 UNA
Dodecatheon meadia L.
TROY000036590 Walker 11 Mar 2012 Keener, Brian R.
6916		 TROY
Dodecatheon meadia Linnaeus
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