Description
Supports pollinators, improves soil health with deep roots in prairie settings, drought-tolerant.
Soil Type: Well-draining soil, that ranges from dry-moist, tolerates loam, sand, or clay
Soil Moisture: Mesic-Dry
Sun Exposure: Full Sun-Part Shade
Height: 1-2’
Spread: 1-2’
Bloom Color: Pink-Pale Purple
Bloom Time: May-June
Host Plant for: Phlox Moth (Schinia indiana)(this rare moth’s caterpillars feed exclusively on the flowers and developing seeds of prairie phlox), Clearwing Hummingbird moths (Hemaris thysbe)
Companion Plants: Coneflowers, Black-eyed susans, Little Bluestem, Purple Prairie Clover
