Primula fassettii A.R. Mast & Reveal. Common name: Jeweled Shooting-star. Phenology: May-Jun. Habitat: Moist ledges and bluffs over calcareous rocks. Distribution: WI and MN south to IL and MO; disjunct in sc. and se. PA, and MD (Allegany Co.). This species has been reported for ne. WV; those reports are in error.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Taxonomy Comments: P. fassettii is sometimes considered to represent eastern disjunct populations of a western species (see synonymy, and the account in Yatskievych 2013).
Synonymy ⓘ: = K4; = Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett — F, FNA8, G, Il, Fassett (1944); < Dodecatheon meadia L. — Pa; < Dodecatheon radicatum Greene var. radicatum — C. Basionym: Primula fassettii A.R.Mast & Reveal 2007 "Urbasionym:" Dodecatheon meadia L. var. amethystinum Fassett 1929
Links to other floras: = Dodecatheon amethystinum - FNA8
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- 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 ⓘ: 2
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