Index / Search / Dodecatheon meadia
§1 Plant
Dodecatheon meadia L.
vernacular pride of Ohio — species · Primulaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Primulaceae Batsch
- Genus
- Dodecatheon
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 511 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Low
- Shade
- Low
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- None
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- None
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 30–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.5
- Root depth
- 12 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Spring
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 320,000
- Propagation
- seed
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Medium
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 511 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Arkansas 05001
- Baxter 05005
- Benton 05007
- Boone 05009
- Carroll 05015
- Clark 05019
- Cleburne 05023
- Conway 05029
- Faulkner 05045
- Franklin 05047
- Fulton 05049
- Garland 05051
- Hot Spring 05059
- Howard 05061
- Independence 05063
- Izard 05065
- Johnson 05071
- Lawrence 05075
- Logan 05083
- Madison 05087
- Marion 05089
- Montgomery 05097
- Newton 05101
- Polk 05113
- Pope 05115
- Prairie 05117
- Randolph 05121
- Saline 05125
- Scott 05127
- Searcy 05129
- Sebastian 05131
- Sevier 05133
- Sharp 05135
- Stone 05137
- Van Buren 05141
- Washington 05143
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 82 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Boone 17007
- Brown 17009
- Bureau 17011
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- DeKalb 17037
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henry 17073
- Iroquois 17075
- Jackson 17077
- Jefferson 17081
- Jersey 17083
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lee 17103
- Livingston 17105
- Macon 17115
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Morgan 17137
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Rock Island 17161
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Stark 17175
- Stephenson 17177
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Allen 18003
- Bartholomew 18005
- Benton 18007
- Boone 18011
- Cass 18017
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Decatur 18031
- Delaware 18035
- Fayette 18041
- Fountain 18045
- Franklin 18047
- Fulton 18049
- Grant 18053
- Hancock 18059
- Harrison 18061
- Henry 18065
- Howard 18067
- Huntington 18069
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Jennings 18079
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lake 18089
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Madison 18095
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Martin 18101
- Miami 18103
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Morgan 18109
- Newton 18111
- Noble 18113
- Owen 18119
- Parke 18121
- Perry 18123
- Porter 18127
- Posey 18129
- Pulaski 18131
- Putnam 18133
- Randolph 18135
- Ripley 18137
- Rush 18139
- St. Joseph 18141
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Tipton 18159
- Union 18161
- Wabash 18169
- Warren 18171
- Wayne 18177
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Anderson 21005
- Barren 21009
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Breckinridge 21027
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Campbell 21037
- Carlisle 21039
- Carter 21043
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Crittenden 21055
- Cumberland 21057
- Fayette 21067
- Franklin 21073
- Garrard 21079
- Green 21087
- Hancock 21091
- Hardin 21093
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Jefferson 21111
- Jessamine 21113
- Larue 21123
- Leslie 21131
- Lewis 21135
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Mercer 21167
- Metcalfe 21169
- Montgomery 21173
- Nelson 21179
- Oldham 21185
- Perry 21193
- Pulaski 21199
- Robertson 21201
- Rowan 21205
- Shelby 21211
- Todd 21219
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Washington 21229
- Wayne 21231
- Woodford 21239
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 79 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Audrain 29007
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Callaway 29027
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Cass 29037
- Cedar 29039
- Christian 29043
- Cole 29051
- Crawford 29055
- Dade 29057
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Franklin 29071
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Henry 29083
- Hickory 29085
- Howard 29089
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Johnson 29101
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Lincoln 29113
- Macon 29121
- Madison 29123
- Maries 29125
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Miller 29131
- Moniteau 29135
- Monroe 29137
- Montgomery 29139
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Saline 29195
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- Shelby 29205
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Francois 29187
- St. Louis 29189
- Ste. Genevieve 29186
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Vernon 29217
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New York view state ↗ 1 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Adams 39001
- Allen 39003
- Butler 39017
- Champaign 39021
- Clark 39023
- Clermont 39025
- Cuyahoga 39035
- Darke 39037
- Erie 39043
- Fairfield 39045
- Franklin 39049
- Greene 39057
- Hamilton 39061
- Highland 39071
- Hocking 39073
- Lawrence 39087
- Logan 39091
- Miami 39109
- Montgomery 39113
- Pike 39131
- Portage 39133
- Ross 39141
- Scioto 39145
- Shelby 39149
- Stark 39151
- Warren 39165
- Wayne 39169
Oklahoma view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Anderson 47001
- Bedford 47003
- Blount 47009
- Campbell 47013
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Clay 47027
- Cumberland 47035
- Davidson 47037
- DeKalb 47041
- Dickson 47043
- Franklin 47051
- Hamilton 47065
- Haywood 47075
- Hickman 47081
- Houston 47083
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Macon 47111
- Madison 47113
- Marshall 47117
- Maury 47119
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Moore 47127
- Overton 47133
- Perry 47135
- Pickett 47137
- Robertson 47147
- Rutherford 47149
- Sevier 47155
- Stewart 47161
- Sumner 47165
- White 47185
- Williamson 47187
- Wilson 47189
Virginia view state ↗ 15 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Brown 55009
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Lafayette 55065
- Menominee 55078
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sheboygan 55117
- Walworth 55127
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/DOME ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/3169267 ↗Record version
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