- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 3 feet
- Project:
- Boulevard, Erosion Control, Raingarden, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Purple
- Bloom Months:
- June, July
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Low
- Stress Tolerance:
- Moderately Sensitive
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium
- 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), Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Aitkin, Anoka, Becker, Beltrami, Benton, Blue Earth, Carlton, Cass, Clearwater, Cook, Cottonwood, Crow Wing, Dakota, Dodgee, Douglas, Hennepin, Hubbardard, Isanti, Itasca, Kandiyohibec, Kittson, Koochiching, Lake, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Martin, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Nicollet, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pennington, Pine, Polk, Ramsey, Renville, Rice, Sherburne, Sibley, St. Louis, Stearns, Todd, Wadena, Washington, Wright
Notes/Description:
Native, perennial emergent herb that forms colonies and reaches a height of 2 1/2'. Used in the shoreline zones of wet meadows and vegetated swales. It is recommended for restorations of meadows, swamps, shorelines, open bogs and pools. It is a beautiful, decorative plant that is well suited for rain gardens and other landscape design. It will not flower unless it is in full to partial sun. Many cultivars exist.