Wild white indigo

Category:
  • Bloom Time: June – July
  • Bloom Color: White
  • Height: 36 – 48 inches
  • Sun: Full to partial
  • Soil: Medium to dry

Caterpillar food for:
eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas), silver-spotted skipper (Epargyreus clarus), wild indigo duskywing (Erynnis baptisiae), clouded sulphur (Colias philodice), orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme), polyphemus moth (Antheraea polyphemus), io moth (Automeris io)

Butterfly food for:
orange sulphur (Colias eurytheme), clouded sulphur (Colias philodice), eastern tailed-blue (Cupido comyntas)

Attracts these pollinators:
sweat bees (Lasioglossum spp.), blister beetles (Lytta sayi), bumble bees (Bombus spp.)

More information: Minnesota Wildflowers