- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun, Partial Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 4 feet
- Project:
- Boulevard, Erosion Control, Shoreline Buffer, Upland Buffer
- Bloom Color:
- Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- July, August, September, October
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Moderate
- Salt Tolerance:
- Medium
- Stress Tolerance:
- Drought Tolerant, Fire Tolerant
- Herbivore Sensitivity:
- Medium
- Behavior (Rate of Spread):
- 3
- Pollinator Value:
- High
- Benefit to Pollinators:
- Adult Food, Nesting and Structure (Bees)
- Pollinators:
- Beetles, Bombus, Butterflies, Flies, Honey Bees, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Cottonwood, Dodgee, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Le Sueur, Lincoln, Lyon, Martin, McLeod, Mower, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Ramsey, Redwood, Renville, Rice, Rock, Sibley, Steele, Stevens, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Watonwan, Winona, Wright, Yellow Medicine
Notes/Description:
Taller than similar yellow coneflowers, Gray-headed Coneflower. Found in dry prairies and savannas, it is drought tolerant and transplants easily.