Eastern Shooting Star
Dodecatheon meadia
Eastern shooting star sends up airy clusters of swept-back pink-white flowers over rosettes in prairies and open woods, a beloved spring ephemeral that vanishes by midsummer.
- Family
- Primulaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- pink, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MN, MO, MS, NC, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA, WI, WV