Sun: Partial, shade
Moisture: Medium dry to medium
Height: 3-4'
Bloom Time: Aug-Oct
Bloom Color: Light blue
Genotype: Winona, MN (shares a Level II ecosystem, Mixed Woods Plains, with Southeastern Michigan).
Indigenous interactions: In the Great Lakes area, the Ojibwa used the root to make a hunting medicine that mimicked the smell of deer (Moerman, 1998).
 
Mounds of pale blue flowers attract native bees, helpful wasps, butterflies, and moths. Host plant to the Silvery Checkerspot and Pearl Crescent butterflies, as well as several moths.