- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry, Medium
- Height:
- 3 to 4 feet
- Project:
- Boulevard, Raingarden, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- White
- Bloom Months:
- July, August
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Moth), Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Dodgee, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Le Sueur, Martin, Mower, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Rice, SCottonwood, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Watonwan, Winona
Notes/Description:
This coarse, spiny, erect perennial stands 28-42" tall. A beautiful, distinctive plant that is ideal for landscapes as a contrast or background plant. It is a butterfly magnet and is a tough fast grower for restorations, rain garden edges, and upland buffers. It is an early successional species. It is a State Special Concern species.