- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 1 to 2 feet
- Project:
- Restoration
- Bloom Color:
- Blue
- Bloom Months:
- September, October
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate to High
- Salt Tolerance:
- Unknown
- Stress Tolerance:
- General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Flies, Larval Host (Moth), Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Dodge, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Mower, Olmsted, Rice, Wabasha, Washington, Winona
Notes/Description:
Stiff Gentian tolerates a wide range of habitat types, from wet prairies to dry, rocky, or sandy sites. It is a biennial but self-seeds. It provides important late-season nectar and pollen for bumblebees.