Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb Shrub |
Life cycle: | Perennial |
Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F) |
Leaves: | Fragrant Broadleaf |
Fruiting Time: | Late summer or early fall Fall |
Flowers: | Showy |
Flower Color: | Pink Purple |
Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
Underground structures: | Rhizome |
Suitable Locations: | Beach Front Xeriscapic |
Uses: | Groundcover Medicinal Herb Vegetable Salad greens Cooked greens Will Naturalize Suitable for forage |
Edible Parts: | Stem Leaves Roots |
Eating Methods: | Tea Raw Cooked |
Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer |
Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Other Beneficial Insects: Moths |
Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Other: Rhizome Cuttings |
Pollinators: | Bees |
Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |