- Type:
- Herb
- Light Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Soil Moisture:
- Dry
- Height:
- 8 feet
- Project:
- Erosion Control, Raingarden, Restoration
- Bloom Color:
- Yellow
- Bloom Months:
- July, August
- Flooding / Inundation Tolerance:
- Low
- Salt Tolerance:
- Low
- Stress Tolerance:
- General Disturbance
- 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), Monarchs, Native Bees, Wasps
- Counties:
- Blue Earth, Dakota, Dodgee, Faribault, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Houston, Jackson, Lincoln, Martin, Mower, Murray, Nobles, Olmsted, Pipestone, Ramsey, Rice, Rock, Steele, Wabasha, Waseca, Washington, Winona
Notes/Description:
Coarse, perennial native herb to a mature height of up to 10'. This species has been used in buffer and slope stabilization. It has also had success in the restorations of mesic-to-wet prairies and the edges of rainwater gardens.