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§1 Plant

Dodecatheon meadia L.

vernacular pride of Ohio — species · Primulaceae


USDA
DOME
GBIF
3169267
Rank
species
pride of Ohio (Dodecatheon meadia)
Platephotograph · tsc_wisCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§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
Legend Native · 511 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§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
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 1 N
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N
Illinois view state ↗ 82 N
Indiana view state ↗ 56 N
Iowa view state ↗ 4 N
Kansas view state ↗ 12 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 N
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
New York view state ↗ 1 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N
Ohio view state ↗ 27 N
Oklahoma view state ↗ 21 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 7 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 5 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 37 N
Texas view state ↗ 5 N
Virginia view state ↗ 15 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 14 N
Wisconsin view state ↗ 23 N

§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

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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