Shooting-Star
Dodecatheon meadia
Primulaceae
Other names
American Cowslip
Growth habit
Herbaceous
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Eastern North America
Location
Source of plant
Brent & Becky's Bulbs, Shady Oaks Nursery
Description
Scapes 10-15 cm tall, leaves glabrous, oblong-oval, to 30 cm long, obtuse, occasionally crenate. Umbels 10-20-flowered; flowers pale to dark pink, lavender, magenta, or white, usually with white tips; petals lanceolate, stamen filaments orange, distinct or loosely connate into a short tube. Variable.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4