Pride of ohio

(Dodecatheon meadia brachycarpum)

galery

Description

Dodecatheon meadia is perennial, growing to 8–20 in (203–508 mm) high. Its flowers that emerge from a basal rosette of leaves (scapose). It blooms in the spring. The flowers are nodding, and from an umbel. Its seeds are dispersed by gusts of wind that shake the erect scapes.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Ericales
Family:Primulaceae
Genus:Dodecatheon
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