| Shooting Star | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Primulaceae |
| Genus: | Dodecatheon |
| Species: | D. meadia |
| Binomial name | |
| Dodecatheon meadia L. |
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Dodecatheon meadia, known as Shooting Star, is a perennial wildflower native to North America. It is found in the American South, as well as the Upper Midwest, Kansas, New York, Pennsylvania and the Canadian province of Manitoba. It grows in woods and prairies and is tolerant to partial shade.
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The Dodecatheon meadia is within the genus of Dodecatheon, which contains other species of "shooting stars". It has white or pink petals which nod from an umbel, protruding from a scape 8 to 20 inches tall. It flowers in the spring.
Dodecatheon meadia 'Goliath' is a cultivar that grows larger flowers on taller scapes. White flowering forms are also grown in garden and can occasionally be found in the wild.[2]