Primula frenchii (Vasey) A.R. Mast & Reveal. Common name: French's Shooting-star. Phenology: Apr-Jun. Habitat: Sandstone rockhouses, ledges, cliffs. Distribution: IN, IL, and MO south through KY to AL and AR.
Origin/Endemic status: Endemic
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, K4, Ky, Mo3, Mast & Reveal (2007); = Dodecatheon frenchii (Vasey) Rydb. — FNA8, Il, Oberle & Esselman (2011); = Dodecatheon meadia L. var. frenchii Vasey — C, F, G, Fassett (1944). Basionym: Dodecatheon meadia L. var. frenchii Vasey 1891
Links to other floras: = Dodecatheon frenchii - FNA8
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Heliophily ⓘ: 2
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