• Family name: Asteraceae

• Host plant for: none

• General description: Branched herbaceous annual with wrinkled, triangular leaves and fuzzy flat terminal clusters of small lavender-blue flowers. Easy to grow garden plant. Adaptable to many soil types in full sun to part shade locations but thrives with regular moisture and organic material. Aggressively spreads by seed and underground rhizomes to form large mats. Can out-compete adjacent plants. Best used for naturalizing. Flowers attract butterflies and other pollinators.

• Type: Perennial flower
• Flower: Small flat clusters of small lavender-blue flowers
• Bloom time: All year
• Soil type: Moist to wet, well-drained, organic soil
• Maximum height: 3 feet

• Candidate for home gardens: Ideal for moist locations. Can be rather aggressive.
• Availability in nursery: Occasionally in retail centers. Frequently in specialty and native plant nurseries
• Frenquency in the wild: Common
• Habitat: hardwood forests, wetlands
  

• Range in Florida

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