- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Medium
- Height:
- 4 to 5 feet
- Project:
- Raingarden, Restoration, Shoreline Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Purple
- Bloom Months:
- July, August
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Low
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Drought Tolerant, Fire Tolerant, General Disturbance
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Low to Medium
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 1
- Pollinator Value:
- Very High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Larval Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Hummingbirds, Larval Host (Moth), Monarchs, Moths, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Anoka, Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Clay, Clearwater, Cottonwood, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Houston, Jackson, Lac qui, Lake, Lincoln, Lyon, Mahnomen, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Morrison, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Olmsted, Otter Tail, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Ramsey, Red Lake, Redwood, Renville, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns, Steele, Stevens, Swift, Todd, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Wilkin
Notes/Description:
An erect, native perennial herb with unbranched stems that are often 3-4' tall. A good plant for moist and wet restorations of praries and meadows. It is a wonderful butterfly plant and will be successful in rain gardens and other landscape designs where water fluctuation is minimal or dissipates in a day or less. Wind can damage this plant, so plant with other tall, sturday plants and grasses, such as big bluestem. Many cultivars of this plant exist.