Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Eastern Shooting Star |
| Scientific Name | Dodecatheon meadia L. |
| Family Name | Primulaceae (Primrose) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | moist or dry woods, prairies and meadows |
| Plant Height: | 20-50 cm |
| Flower Color: | pink, sometimes white or lilac |
| Flower: | nodding; long pediceled; 5 recurved petals; 5 protruding, yellow stamens, connate around ovary, ovary glabrous, ovules many, placentation free-central. |
| Inflorescence: | flat-topped umbel with long peduncle; +/- 10 flowers |
| Fruit: | many-seeded capsule; dehiscent, opening lengthwise |
| Leaves: | basal; spatulate |
| Bloom Time: | May-June |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | pioneers called it Prairie Pointers; chief pollinators are bees which must force their way into united stamens to reach nectar |
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