| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Plant Height: | 12 - 48 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 12 - 18 inches |
| Leaves: | Other: Velvety, broad-oblong to broad-ovate, gray-green leaves (to 8" long) with conspicuous veining.. |
| Fruit: | Showy |
| Flowers: | Showy Fragrant Other: Flowers are a nectar source for many butterflies and leaves are a food source for monarch butterfly larvae (caterpillars). |
| Flower Color: | Other: Pinkish-white to pinkish-purple, Purplish rose |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Rabbit Resistant |
| Toxicity: | Leaves are poisonous Roots are poisonous |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Provide light Self fertile Stratify seeds: 3 months at 40 degrees Suitable for wintersowing Other info: Easily grown from seed, and may self-seed in the landscape if seed pods are not removed prior to splitting open. |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies Bees Various insects |
| Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
| lovesblooms | On March 1, 2020 | Seeds sown winter sow |
| lovesblooms | On March 3, 2018 | Seeds sown indoors |
| lovesblooms | On February 4, 2017 | Seeds sown indoors |
| lovesblooms | On March 11, 2016 | Seeds germinated |
| lovesblooms | On March 5, 2016 | Seeds sown indoors |
| MunchkinsMom | On July 2, 2016 | Miscellaneous Event Starting to bud |
| MunchkinsMom | On October 26, 2015 | Transplanted Small Bed, Fair Oaks Nursery 4" pot $5.99 |
| ricelg | On January 3, 2018 | Obtained plant Placed seeds on paper towel moistened with distilled water and sealed in Ziploc bag in refrigerator |
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| ID question by janinilulu | Jul 14, 2021 7:33 PM | 5 |
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