Flora of the Southeastern United States

Primula meadia (Linnaeus) A.R. Mast & Reveal. Common name: Eastern Shooting Star, Meadia. Phenology: Late Mar-early Jun; late May-Jun. Habitat: Rich forests, woodlands, and rock outcrops (primarily calcareous or mafic), especially with nutrient-rich seepage, prairies, bluffs. Distribution: Maryland and Pennsylvania west to s. Wisconsin, se. Minnesota, Iowa, and Oklahoma, south to sc. South Carolina, n. Georgia, n. Florida (Gadsden County), Alabama, and Texas.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Segregate taxa (at species and varietal rank) included here may have merit and warrant re-study.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, Fl5, K4, Ky, Mi, Mo3, NY, POWO, Va, WH3, Mast & Reveal (2007); = Dodecatheon meadia L. — FNA8, NcTx, NS, RAB, Tx, W, WV, Oberle & Esselman (2011); > Dodecatheon brachycarpa Small — S, S13; > Dodecatheon hugeri Small — S, S13; < Dodecatheon meadia L. — Pa; > Dodecatheon meadia L. — S, S13; > Dodecatheon meadia L. ssp. brachycarpum (Small) R.Knuth — K1; > Dodecatheon meadia L. ssp. meadia — K1; > Dodecatheon meadia L. var. brachycarpum (Small) Fassett — C, F, G, GrPl, Il, Fassett (1944); > Dodecatheon meadia L. var. genuinum Fassett — Fassett (1944); > Dodecatheon meadia L. var. meadia — C, F, G, GrPl, Il, Fassett (1944); > Dodecatheon meadia L. var. obesum Fassett — Fassett (1944); > Dodecatheon stanfieldia Small — S13. Basionym: Dodecatheon meadia L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Dodecatheon meadia - FNA8

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU (name change)
• Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Great Plains: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Midwest: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
• Northcentral & Northeast: FACU (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 5