General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Minimum cold hardiness: |
Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
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| Maximum recommended zone: |
Zone 9b
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| Plant Height: |
36 - 100 inches |
| Plant Spread: |
24 - 48 inches |
| Fruit: |
Edible to birds
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| Flowers: |
Showy
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| Flower Color: |
Yellow
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| Bloom Size: |
1"-2"
2"-3"
3"-4"
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| Flower Time: |
Summer
Late summer or early fall
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| Underground structures: |
Taproot
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| Uses: |
Will Naturalize
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| Edible Parts: |
Fruit
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
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| Propagation: Seeds: |
Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees
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| Pollinators: |
Various insects
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| Containers: |
Not suitable for containers
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- Prairie Dock
- Prairie rosinweed
Posted by
ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Feb 18, 2018 5:18 PM concerning plant:
Prairie-Dock is a major prairie forb, also of native meadows farther east. It gets its name from its large, coarse, oval or heart-shaped leaves that grow about 1.5 to 2 feet long at the base of the plant. It sends up tall scapes to 6 to 9 feet high with the yellow sunflower-like flowers that bloom in July into September near the top. It forms a taproot and sends out some rhizomes that slowly increase the clump. Its native range is from the southeast tip of Ontario & Ohio to Minnesota down into Arkansas, Mississippi, and South Carolina in wet to mesic soils. It is sold by a good number of native plant nurseries in the Midwest for prairie restorations and naturalistic, native plant landscapes.
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