Dodecatheon meadia alba
(White Shooting Star)

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               Seedpod                                           Leaf                                            Stem                                        Seed                                          Habit

Facts About this Plant:

    Common Names: White Shooting Star, White Pride of Ohio, White Midland Shooting Star, Eastern White Shooting Star
    Synonyms: Dodecatheon hugeri, Primula meadia
    Lifespan: Perennial
    Zones: 4 - 8
    Type: Forb
    Bloom Time: April - June
    Status: Native
    Range:

Dodecatheon meadia alba, or White Shooting Star, is native to most of the eastern half of the United States. It is a perennial that grows in moist to open woods and woodland edges, as well as in adjoining prairies, meadows and glades. It blooms in early spring with white flowers. This plant is an ephemeral, which means after setting seed, it disappears underground until the following season.

This is not an actual different species, but is a variant of the original species, a sort of "albino" that can occur anywhere that this plant occurs.

More information will be made available soon about this species and telling it apart from others.

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