Dodecatheon amethystinum: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page Robert W. Freckmann Herbarium University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Vascular Plants Plants of Wisconsin Home New Search Family Primulaceae Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett jeweled shooting-star Dodecatheon: from Greek dodeka, "twelve;" thios, "god(s)." One source implies it was considered to be powerful medicine and under the care of the twelve leading gods, and another Detailed Distribution: suggests that because the flowers sometimes Town Range Maps appear in clusters of twelve NEW Point Maps amethystinum: for the color "amethyst" Status: Special Concern Plant: erect perennial, 8"-24" tall forb, smooth Flower: magenta, 5-parted, 3/4"-1" long, petals facing backward and upward from the flower center; inflorescence an umbel of nodding, long-stalked flowers on a 8"-24" tall stalk; blooms Apr.-June Fruit: light red/brown capsule, thin-walled, often about 3 times long as wide, splitting at the base Leaf: oblong, basal, often with reddish base Habitat: shade; moist; cliffs, streambanks; in limy soil Notes: very similar to D. media except for the capsule (Glossary) Herbarium Photographer: Robert R. Kowal More Information Natural Communities Specimens All Dodecatheon list Google- Images or Text Robert R. Kowal Synonyms Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett f. amethystinum Dodecatheon amethystinum (Fassett) Fassett f. margaritaceum Fassett Dodecatheon meadia L. var. amethystinum Fassett Dodecatheon pulchellum Raf. subsp. pulchellum pro parte Dodecatheon radicatum Greene var. radicatum pro parte Vascular Plants Plants of Wisconsin Home New Search 15059 http://wisplants.uwsp.edu/scripts/detail.asp?SpCode=DODAME3/7/2007 11:46:42 AM.