I have never seen this Pink Tickseed very often, just infrequently in gardens and landscapes in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic. Quite a few books about perennials don't have this species listed therein. A few large, diverse nurseries and some native plant nurseries sell some. This perennial has a very fine texture and airy appearance. It is a long bloomer from June into September. The top of the plants can be sheared in late summer to give a better late summer-early fall bloom. It spreads by rhizomes so it becomes like a groundcover, not just staying as a clump, and can be aggressive in spreading. It does not like humid, hot summers, nor drought, but does like cool, drier summers. It is native mostly to draining wet, sandy soils along the coastal areas from Nova Scotia to Maryland.

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