General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Plant Height: 9 to 20 inches
Plant Spread: 9 to 12 inches
Leaves: Spring ephemeral
Fruit: Showy
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Pink
Purple
White
Bloom Size: Under 1"
1"-2"
Flower Time: Spring
Uses: Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Stratify seeds: Needs about a month of cold moist treatment.
Depth to plant seed: Do not cover seed with soil.
Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Bumblebees
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Shooting Star
  • Eastern Shooting Star
  • Pride of Ohio
  • Rooster Heads
  • Pink Flamingo Plant

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Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 5/24/2022
Grows natively
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 5/24/2022
Grows natively
Location: Maine
Location: West Jefferson, North Carolina
Date: 2024-04-20
Purchased at West Jefferson Farmers' Market, 4/20/24, from Mounta
Location: Hood, Alabama 
Date: 2023-04-13
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: My garden in N E Pa.
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 5/24/2022
Grows natively
Location: Nora's Garden - Castlegar BC
Date: 2016-04-28
  1:12 pm. I grew up with these elegant wild flowers in the Okana
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-01
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 5/24/2022
Grows natively
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2010-04-30
Location: Hosta Hillside, Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2015-05-14
Dodecatheon meadia - buds and blooms in various stages of opening
Location: Chicago Botanical Gardens
Date: 2013-05-06
Location: My garden in St Louis
Date: 2015-05-02
Location: Maine
Location: Northern Illinois (Zone 5a)
Date: 2013-05-20
Location: Hosta Hillside, Hidden Lake Gardens, Michigan
Date: 2015-05-14
Uploaded by SongofJoy
Location: My Garden
Date: 2013-06-01
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2013-05-01
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2019-12-21
Location: Lexington, VA
Date: May, 2005

Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Courtesy Gardens in the Wood of Grassy Creek
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Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials

Credit florum
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date: 2015-06-11
Location: My garden in Belgium
Date: 2011-06-24

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
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Location: Tennessee
photo courtesy of Sunlight Gardens
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-05-04
Location: In my garden, Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens, South Amana, IA
Date: 2009-05-04

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Prairie Nursery. Used with Permission
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by Johannian (The Black Hills, SD - Zone 4b) on May 24, 2022 6:52 PM concerning plant:
    This grows natively in the Black Hills.
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MrsBinWY On January 3, 2021 Seeds sown
25 seeds from ishareflowers (GeoSeed for 2020) in milk jug in a cool area of the sunroom again.
MrsBinWY On January 12, 2020 Seeds germinated
9 of the GeoSeed seeds from ishareflowers were up (should have checked on them sooner!) - I was so happy with these, and then I let the container dry out :(
MrsBinWY On December 21, 2019 Seeds sown
25 seeds from NatureCrone's 2018G in milk jug. Try cool area of the sunroom for a month & put outside if no germination. No germination on these.
MrsBinWY On December 21, 2019 Seeds sown
25 seeds from ishareflowers (GeoSeed for 2020) in milk jug. Try cool area of the sunroom for a month & put outside if no germination.
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