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Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Miscellaneous: Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Shooting Star

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Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2013-07-26
Dodecatheon - Shooting star 001
Location: Rough and Ready Wayside, Hwy 199, SW Oregon
Date: March 24, 2005
Growing wild in a meadow of serpentine soil at an elevation of ap
Location: Meadowlark Botanical Garden, Fairfax, Virginia (May 2022)
Date: 2022-05-01
Comments:
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 10, 2020 1:12 PM concerning plant:
    Use shooting-star in groups in a shady shrub border or let it naturalize beneath deciduous trees. Plant it at the front of a border where perennials developing more slowly will fill in the gaps it leaves when it goes dormant.
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Possible species identifications for this dodecatheon. by arctangent Feb 18, 2022 7:52 AM 3

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