Dodecatheon meadia L.
Eastern shooting star, pride of Ohio
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5/26/2024 · McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, South Paris, Maine 
5/26/2024 · McLaughlin Garden and Homestead, South Paris, Maine 
| Parents | Unknown | Genus is not in the current taxonomy |
| Genus | Dodecatheon | From the Greek dodeka, “twelve,” and thios, “god(s).” One source implies that it was considered to be powerful medicine and under the care of the twelve leading gods, and another suggests that because the flowers sometimes appear in clusters of twelve, the Roman naturalist Pliny bestowed this name because he thought the flowers represented the twelve Olympian gods |
| Species | meadia |
Dodecatheon meadia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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