1/2-pint plug
Light: Sun-partial
Soil: Medium-Medium Wet
Height: 4-5'
Bloom: July-August
Description: Does best when planted densely with other native prairie species. Otherwise, will grow overly tall and flop over in the absence of competition. Beautiful with plenty of other plants and grasses such as little bluestem or prairie dropseed!
Attracts: The flowers are pollinated primarily by long-tongued bees, butterflies, and skippers. Other visitors include Halictine bees, bee flies, and day-flying moths. Among the long-tongued bees are such visitors as honeybees, bumblebees, Little Carpenter bees, Miner bees, and large Leaf-Cutting bees. Butterfly visitors include Monarchs, Swallowtails, Painted Ladies, Sulfurs, Whites, and others. The caterpillars of the rare Schinia gloriosa (Glorious Flower Moth) feed on the flowers and seed capsules.
