Smell the Flowers Week 4: Shooting Star

Shooting star (Dodecatheon meadia) in Beaman Park in Nashville, Tennessee by Kaldari at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dodecatheon_meadia_Beaman_Park.jpg

Week 4, including the week of 1/28 through 2/3 of the Spring 2018 Smell the Flowers fitness challenge at Woodleaf United Methodist Church highlights shooting star. This flower, also known as Premula meadia or Dodecatheon meadia, is of the primrose or Primulaceae family. This perennial plant prefers partial sun, grows to a height of one to two feet, and typically blooms May through June. Shooting stars can be found scattered in the mountains and Piedmont of North Carolina.

For more information about shooting star, click here. Have you ever seen a shooting star?

"Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him." Matthew 2:2