Dodecatheon meadia

shooting star

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Photo credit: R. Harrison Wiegand, Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service. www.dnr.state.md.us
Family

Primulaceae

Region

Mountain

States

District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia

Plant Type

Herbaceous

Height

0.5 - 2ft

Spread

- ft

Flower Color

Purple, White, Yellow

Fruit

Capsule;

Sun Exposure

Full Sun, Partial Sun, Shade

Soil Texture

Loamy, Sandy

Soil Moisture

Moist

Blooms

April - June

Fall Color

Habitat

open woods, meadows, moist slopes and prairies

Notes

; FACU

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The Native Plants Guide

Physiographic Regions of Chesapeake Watershed

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Piedmont
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