Prairie phlox

Category:
  • Bloom Time: May – July
  • Bloom Color: Pink
  • Height: 12 – 24 inches
  • Sun: Full to partial
  • Soil: Medium to dry

Caterpillar food for:
phlox moth (Schinia indiana), olive arches (Lacinipolia olivacea)

Butterfly food for:
olympia marble (Euchloe olympia)

Attracts these pollinators:
green sweat bees (Augochlorella spp.), small carpenter bees (Ceratina spp.), yellow-faced bees (Hylaeus spp.), leafcutter bees (Megachile spp.), syrphid flies (Pipiza spp. & Toxomerus spp.), bumble bees (Bombus spp.)

More information: Minnesota Wildflowers