Viewing post #1151379 by Pegasys

This plant was found in a water catchment near a large cattail grouping that is damp to wet all year round , standing water whenever it rains ... zone is 5a . The leaves and stems have a waxy feel to them and leaves turn a darker w/ bluish red edges just before or at flowering time { maybe due to wet silty soil with clay underneath ? maybe a nutrient or ph issue } ... stems become woody as it matures ... root structure/shape/base seems to be shallow and spread out , mostly woody instead of a corm or bulb . I didn't take a pic of last summers flowers ... my bad . The flowers are purplish and very tiny and show in late summer . Total height of the biggest mature plant was about 4 ft . It looks out of place where it was found , maybe a cultivated species that escaped . Initially i thought it was a Liatris phenotype by the flowers look { small and delicate } ... but the leaf shape and feel seems to rule that out .