| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade Partial or Dappled Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic Dry Mesic Dry |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 9b |
| Plant Height: | 24 - 48 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 18 - 24 inches |
| Leaves: | Unusual foliage color Other: Can spread somewhat rapidly by rhizomes. This plant is considered by many gardeners to be too vigorous and weedy for borders. |
| Flowers: | Showy Other: Flowers are a nectar source for many butterflies and leaves are a food source for monarch butterfly larvae (caterpillars). |
| Flower Color: | Other: Rose-pink to purple |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Late spring or early summer Summer |
| 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 Can handle transplanting Other info: Easily grown from seed, and will 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 | From March 3, 2018 to March 10, 2018 | Seeds sown indoors |
| lovesblooms | On February 19, 2017 | Seeds germinated |
| lovesblooms | On February 4, 2017 | Seeds sown indoors |
| ricelg | On January 3, 2018 | Maintenance performed Placed seeds on paper towel moistened with distilled water and sealed in Ziploc bag in refrigerator |
| MrsBinWY | On July 7, 2020 | Transplanted 5 with Allium atropupureum and Dutch Iris near corner of garage |
| MrsBinWY | On June 2, 2020 | Transplanted 3 by garlic in back where stone path curves around wood shed |
| MrsBinWY | On February 4, 2020 | Seeds germinated 4 - move the container to a heat mat, under LED lights |
| MrsBinWY | On December 20, 2019 | Seeds sown WS 16 seeds from Prairie Moon C(30) in milk jug (put outside 12-26-19). Back inside on 1-26-20. |
| MrsBinWY | On February 2, 2019 | Seeds sown WS last of seeds from Mlle.butterfly's 2013G; didn't get germination on these previously (2014 & 2015); brought back inside 5-19-19 |
| MrsBinWY | On February 15, 2016 | Seeds sown WS ~20 (all) seeds from duane123's 2014G in milk jug; these germinated, were planted out and came back in 2017 but not in 2018 |
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