- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 3 feet
- Project:
- Boulevard, Erosion Control, Raingarden, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- White
- Bloom Months:
- June, July, August
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Low
- Stress Tolerance:
- General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 2
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Larval Host (Butterfly), Larval Host (Moth), Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carlton, Carver, Cass, Chippewa, Chisago, Clay, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lac qui, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pine, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Roseau, SCottonwood, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Steele, Swift, Todd, Wabasha, Wadena, Waseca, Washington, Wilkin, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Coarse, hairy, native, perennial herb that may reach heights of 2-3'. Similar to Joe-pye weed, boneset is used in restorations, vegetated swales, shorelines, and is used to bind soil with its fibrous root system to resist erosion. It is a good habitat provider and groundcover. Consideration should be given for this plant in rain gardens, lake edges, and other landscape designs.