5/4/2023 0 Comments Purple coneflower latin name![]() In terminal, branched, clusters of small heads of 5 mm diam. It has numerous small, fluffy, tubular, blue-purple flowers (to 1/ 2” across) with discoid heads that bloom from July to October in dense flat topped terminal clusters (corymbs). Flowers: Flower Color: Blue Pink Purple/Lavender Flower Inflorescence: Corymb Flower Value To Gardener: Showy Flower Bloom Time: Fall Summer Flower Shape: Tubular Flower Size: Fruit: Display/Harvest Time: Fall Fruit Description: Displays from August to November.Cultural Conditions: Light: Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day) Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours) Soil Texture: High Organic Matter Soil Drainage: Moist Occasional Flooding NC Region: Coastal Mountains Piedmont.Whole Plant Traits: Plant Type: Herbaceous Perennial Native Plant Wildflower Woody Plant Leaf Characteristics: Deciduous Habit/Form: Clumping Spreading Growth Rate: Rapid Maintenance: High.Play Value: Attractive Flowers Attracts Pollinators Wildlife Food Source Attributes: Genus: Conoclinium Species: coelestinum Family: Asteraceae Life Cycle: Perennial Recommended Propagation Strategy: Division Root Cutting Seed Country Or Region Of Origin: Canada, Cuba, southeastern United States, NC Wildlife Value: The nectar-rich flowers are attractive to butterflies and other pollinators.Tags: #purple #showy flowers #wildlife plant #purple flowers #weedy #nectar plant #blue flowers #pond margins #food source wildlife #fire low flammability #aggressive #NC native #deer resistant #native garden #border planting #self-seeding #pollinator plant #native wildflower #wildflower garden #fantz #food source fall #food source nectar #food source pollen #Coastal FAC #Piedmont Mountains FAC #wet soils tolerant #food source hard mast fruit #butterfly friendly #Audubon See this plant in the following landscape: Cultivars / Varieties: Leaves opposite, deltoidly ovate, crenately serrate.Erect herb with clusters of small heads of tubular flowers.Spreading tendencies must be watched, particularly if planted in a perennial border. Plants tend to flop and may need support. This plant has some susceptibility to powdery mildew. Insects, Diseases, or Other Plant Problems: Leaf miners and aphids may visit. This plant is moderately resistant to damage from deer. Propagate by clump division in early spring. It is not recommended for smaller planting areas as it spreads aggressively by its rhizomes and self-seeding. This is a great plant to consider for a wildflower garden or naturalized area, does especially well around pond borders as long as spreading roots will not affect other plants. Blueish purple flowers are fluffy, tubular (to 1/ 2” across). Cut back taller plants in spring to prevent flopping. ![]() Purplish stems have toothed deltoid leaves. This plant prefers moist humusy soils that do not dry out in full sun to partial shade areas. It is nectar-rich and pollinators love it. Under cultivation, it becomes a choice perennial with 8 weeks of blue flowers from late summer until frost. It looks like the annual ageratum and in that regard is sometimes commonly called hardy ageratum. It is a showy native plant that is considered a weed in the coastal plain, growing along roadsides on moist ditch banks. Phonetic Spelling koh-no-KLY-nee-um koh-el-ES-tee-num DescriptionĬommonly called mistflower, this late summer to fall-blooming herbaceous perennial is native to the Eastern United States.
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