Dodecatheon meadia – Eastern Shooting Star (BTF.DR.NB.OP.RR)

Ecosystem Services:
(B)-Birds                                             (B&B)-Birds & Butterflies

(BTF)-Butterflies                             (BW)-Black Walnut Resistant

(DR)-Deer Resistant                      (DRGHT)-Drought Resistant

(EC)-Erosion Control                    (EVR)-Evergreen

(FC)-Fall Color                                 (FRG)-Fragrant

(GRD)-Groundcover                      (H)-Host plant

(HMR)-Hummingbirds                (M)-Mammals

(MTH)-Moths                                   (N)-Nectar

(NB)-Native Bees                            (NST)-Nesting Material

(OP)-Other pollinators                 (RR)-Rabbit Resistant

(SHWY)-Showy                                (SPC)-Specimen Plant

Shooting Star is a native North American wildflower that forms a low rosette of rounded leaves. It the spring long red or green stems emerge with several unusual blooms in a shooting star-like appearance. They grow best in moist, humusy well-drained soil in part shade. Avoid poorly drained sites. By mid-summer, the foliage disappears and the plant goes dormant.

Use in a woodland garden, on a slope or in a rock garden.