- Bloom Time: June – Aug.
- Bloom Color: White
- Height: 5 feet
- Sun: Full to partial
- Soil: Medium-wet to medium-dry
Veronicastrum virginicum
Caterpillar food for
Metallic Coleophora Moth (Coleophora mayrella), Culver’s Root Borer (Papaipema sciata), Burdock Border (Papaipema cataphracta)
Butterfly food for
Red Admiral (Vanessa Atalanta), Azures (Celastrina spp.), Eastern Tailed Blue (Everes comyntas)
Attracts these pollinators
Leafcutter Bees (Megachile spp.), Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus affinis), Sweat Bees (Lasioglossum spp.), Long-Horned Bee (Melissodes bimaculata), Green Sweat Bees (Agapostemon spp.), Sweat Bees (Halictus spp.)
More information: Minnesota Wildflowers
Photo credit: Cephas, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0