This section is from the book "Who's Who Among The Wild Flowers", by W. I. Beecroft. Also available from Amazon: A Field Guide to Edible Wild Plants.
Pride of Ohio. Dodecatheon Meadia.
Primrose Family. Apr. - June.
Found in open woods, prairies, moist cliffs. Wisconsin to Pennsylvania, south to Texas and Georgia.
Magenta-pink or white, the 5 divisions turned backward, pendulous, grouped on stalk 8 - 20 inches high.
Oblong, narrowed toward the base.
Shooting Star.
 
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