Plant Portrait
Scientific Name: |
Dodecatheon meadia |
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Common Name: |
Shooting Star |
Native/Alien: |
Native |
Type: |
Perennial |
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Bloom and Buds These photos are of the white version of Shooting Star. It was rescued from a property being sold. (Note: The leaves in the background are not Shooting Star's.)
Black Mountain, late April 2002
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Just Budding Note the redness at the base of the leaves.
Black Mountain, late April 2002
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Flower Stalk The plant is maybe a foot tall.
Black Mountain, late April 2002
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Closeup of Bloom See the tiny green bug on one petal?
Black Mountain, late April 2002
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Blooms
Black Mountain, late April 2002
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Links: |
USDA PLANTS Database Record |
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