Inflorescence: Solitary Head(type) Spike Raceme Panicle Cyme Umbel Corymb
Flower Type: Campanulate (Bell-Shaped) Mint Spathe Funnel-form Tubular Spurred Bilaterally Radially Symmetric Irregular
Bloom Color(s): Red Pink Purple Blue Green Brown Orange Yellow White
Bloom Period: Early Mid Late Spring April May June Summer July Aug. Sept. Autumn Oct. Nov. Dec. Winter Jan. Feb. Mar.
Foliage Period: Early Mid Late Spring April May June Summer July Aug. Sept. Autumn Oct. Nov. Dec. Winter Jan. Feb. Mar.
Foliage Color: Variegated Light Dark Green Silver Red Orange Yellow Purple Brown
Leaf Arrangement: Opposite Alternate Whorled Basal
Life Cycle: Annual Biennial Perennial
Plant Form: Herb/Forb Graminoid Subshrub Shrub Tree
Size:
Shape/Form: Basal Spreading Erect Rounded
Texture (summer/winter): fine course none
Habitat: Aquatic Wetland Mesic (Moist) Xeric (Dry)
Light: Shade Partial Full
Soil Preference: Shallow Deep Light Heavy Rich Average Poor Sand Loam Clay Strongly Acidic Neutral Alkaline Adaptable
Range in Alabama: Scattered Throughout Local in along Coast Coastal Plain Fall-Line Mountains
Reasons to Grow:
If you have the necessary habitat see if the plant is available at reputable nursery, otherwise enjoy it in the wild only due to rarity of habitat requirements and/or vulnerability to exploitation
unfortunately this plant is so rare and/or its habitat is so fragile that
it is better to keep it a secret so that it remains protected.
Besides flowers it is eatable/medicinal, it is a nectar plant for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds, and it is a host plant for butterfly larvae
