Height              -  3 Feet

Light Needs        -  Full Sun / Part Shade 

Soil Preferences   - Loam/Sand

Moisture Range    - Medium-Dry

Advantages        - Pollinator Specialist / Supports Birds

Deer Resistance   - Yes

Bloom Time        - June-August

Bloom Color        - Purple

Root Type         - Taproot

Growth Habit     - Re-Seeder 

Highly Important Host

 (3 or fewer types of host plants for species)

Digrammia Ordinata - Abbreviated Underwing -  Amorpha Flower Moth - Married  Underwing - Solidago  Root Moth -  Three -Staff Underwing -  Walshia Amorphella  -  Indigobush Twig Borer  Moth - Locust Digitate Leafminer  - Magdalen Underwing  - Whitney's  Underwing

Generally Important Host

(4 or more host plants for species)

Io Moth - Black-Spotted Prominent - Northern Cloudywing

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