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Internal ID UUID644059d319cbe352963839
Scientific name Primula frenchii
Authority (Vasey) A.R.Mast & Reveal
First published in Brittonia 59: 81 (2007)

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It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing up to 30 cm tall, with a basal rosette of leaves and an inflorescence of pink-purple flowers.

Primula frenchii, also known as French's shootingstar, is a species of flowering plant native to the central and southern United States. It grows in moist, shady areas such as ledges near streams and under sandstone cliffs. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, growing up to 30 cm tall, with a basal rosette of leaves and an inflorescence of pink-purple flowers. It was originally described as Dodecatheon meadia var. frenchii Vasey in 1891, elevated to species in 1932, then moved to the genus Primula in 2007.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Dodecatheon frenchii (Vasey) Rydb. Fl. Plains N. Amer. : 626 (1932)
Dodecatheon meadia var. frenchii Vasey Manual , ed. 6: 735 (1890)
Dodecatheon meadia subsp. membranaceum R.Knuth Pflanzenr. , IV, 237: 237 (1905)

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  • Northern America
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Illinois
      • Missouri
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • Indiana
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Arkansas
      • Kentucky

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001280207
Flora of Alabama 2992
Tropicos 50308076
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60447601-2
The Plant List tro-50308076
Open Tree Of Life 696157
NCBI Taxonomy 933358
IPNI 60447601-2
iNaturalist 549933
GBIF 5640458
EOL 486335
Wikipedia Primula_frenchii

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Responses to historical climate change identify contemporary threats to diversity in Dodecatheon Oberle B, Schaal BA Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 14-Mar-2011
PMCID:PMC3078354
doi:10.1073/pnas.1012302108
PMID:21402919

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