PLANTS Profile for Dodecatheon amethystinum (jeweled shootingstar)

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Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett
jeweled shootingstar

Symbol:

DOAM

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Primulaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

Photo of Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett

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Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett

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Distribution:
Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (IA, IL, MN, MO, PA, WI, WV)

Related Taxa:
Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett

View 11 genera in Primulaceae, 15 species in Dodecatheon

Classification:
Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Primulales
Family	Primulaceae – Primrose family
Genus	Dodecatheon L. – shootingstar
Species	Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett – jeweled shootingstar

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Iowa:
jeweled shooting star		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
jeweled shooting-star		Threatened

More Accounts and Images:
Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 502105.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/23/2008 01:31 AM MDT