Shooting Star
Primula meadia
Description
Shooting Star (Primula meadia), also known as Dodecatheon meadia, is a charming perennial wildflower native to eastern North America. It features a rosette of basal leaves and produces distinctive, nodding flowers with reflexed petals, giving it a shooting star appearance. The flowers are typically light pink to lavender, occasionally white, and have a yellow ring at the base near the reproductive parts.
- Life Cycle
- perennial
- Height
- 12 to 24 inches
- Sun Exposure
- Partial shade to full sun
- Bloom Months
- April, May
- Bloom Color
- Bloom Description
- light pink to lavender blooms with a yellow ring at the base