| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Plant Height: | 12-24 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 9-12 inches |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Other: Lance-shaped lower leaves to 7" long. Foliage is golden yellow, unless grown in too much shade wherein it fades to an inferior lime green. |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Blue Other: Rich blue cornflowers (2" diameter) with reddish blue centers and black-edged involucre bracts. |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer |
| Underground structures: | Rhizome |
| Uses: | Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Butterflies |
| Resistances: | Drought tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Self fertile |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division Stolons and runners |
| Pollinators: | Self Moths and Butterflies Flies Bees |
| Miscellaneous: | Tolerates poor soil |
