- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Shade
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 1 foot
- Project:
- Restoration
- Bloom Color:
- White
- Bloom Months:
- May, June
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Unknown
- Stress Tolerance:
- General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 2
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Beltrami, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Cook, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Hennepin, Houston, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Lake, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pine, Pope, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
A herald of spring in Minnesota, Dutchman’s Breeches is an early-season bloomer that provides nectar for the first emerging bumblebees. It’s green foliage fades to a light yellow by early summer and goes into total dormancy by mid-summer.