Information provided by Prairie Nursery

The delicate nodding blooms of white-to-pink petals seem to fly upward and away from the pointed red and yellow flower center, resembling a shooting star. Leafless flower stalks arise from a lush foliage base – creating the perfect backdrop for these exquisite flowers.

A spring bloomer and native prairie ephemeral, Shootingstar goes completely dormant in late summer. Best grown in a lightly shaded area.  Fall transplanting is best, but early spring planting is also fine.

Bumble bees are the chief pollinators of Shootingstar, and the pollen must be extracted from a narrow tube formed by the united stamens. The bees accomplish this by vibrating their bodies against the tube to shake the pollen out, a technique known as “buzz pollination.”