Description

Key Information:

Soil: Mesic (Medium) – Xeric (Dry)
Sun: Full Sun – Part Sun
Height: 2-4 feet
Color: Green, inconspicuous
Blooms: June – July

More Details:

Suggested Uses: False gromwell is a beautiful prairie plant with distinctive, soft leaves and white, pearly seeds. This is a great plant for home gardens and restorations that grows well on sandy and rocky soils. Drought tolerant.

Native Range: Native to the Great Plains, the Midwest and parts of the Northeast. Native throughout Minnesota except for the Northeast corner.

Pollinators: Bees and butterflies. This plant is an important nectar source for monarch butterflies.

Flowers: Inconspicuous. Seeds are white and pearly.

Leaves: Soft hairs make the leaves a silvery green.

Other Names:  Soft-hair Marbleseed

More information: USDA plant profile