Summary ²

Dodecatheon meadia, known as shooting star, is a species of wildflower found in the Southeastern United States, from Southeastern Minnesota and Southern Wisconsin to Oklahoma and Texas, and Maryland to Georgia and Alabama. Grows in moist or dry woods and prairies. It blooms in the spring and goes dormant in summer.

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1. (c) Frank Mayfield, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/33397993@N05/3271841683
2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dodecatheon_meadia

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• iNaturalist NZ taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• World Flora Online

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