Curtis's Botanical Magazine

-PLATE-    Plate No. 12

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-COMMON_NAMES-Mead's Dodecatheon,
American Cowslip, Shooting Star
-GENUS-Dodecatheon
-SPECIES-Dodecatheon meadia
-CLASS-Pentandria
-ORDER-Monogynia
-AUTHORITY-Linnaeus

-MODERN_GENUS-Dodecatheon
-MODERN_SPECIES-Dodecatheon cruciatum
-MODERN_FAMILY-Primulaceae

-PLANT_TYPE-perennial
-COLOR-deep red or purple, base with purple ring & yellow spots
-SEASON-spring - early summer
-NATIVE_REGION-W United States
-ZONE-6

-SOURCE-The Botanical Magazine
-VOLUME-1
-PUB_DATE-1787
-REISSUED-1793
-EDITOR-William Curtis
-ARTIST-J. Sowerby
-NALPCD-Disc 0644 IMG0010.PCD