Topic
Dodecatheon clevelandii
species of plant
Overview
Primula clevelandii, with the common name of Padre's shooting star, is a species of primrose.
Its specific epithet clevelandii honors 19th-century San Diego-based plant collector and lawyer Daniel Cleveland.
Description
Primula clevelandii is spring deciduous, dying back to the ground after the rains cease. It has basal clumps of leaves up to 40 centimeters long.
The flowers are magenta to deep lavender to white. They are nodding flowers each about an inch long on stems up to a foot tall.
Also known as Primula clevelandii
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