- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 1 to 2 feet
- Project:
- Boulevard, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- White
- Bloom Months:
- June, July
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- None to Low
- Stress Tolerance:
- Drought Tolerant
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- Low
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Flies, Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Isanti, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kittson, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Marshall, McLeod, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Traverse, Wabasha, Wadena, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Thimbleweed has white flowers that fruit into elongated cluster that resemble the rough part of a thimble. It prefers dry soil conditions and blooms in mid-summer.