Dodecatheon media, a shooting star, is a very popular native North American wildflower, commonly found in open woods, prairies, meadows, rocky wooded slopes, and bluff ledges. The shooting star joins other forest wildflowers like trillium and bluebells to ring out in spring.
Shooting Star sends out a large, leafless panicle that reveals pink to white star-shaped flowers with curved petals. The spectacular flower stalk and a dangling cluster of flowers make the shooting star a star of the spring forest garden.
