| Plant Habit: | Herb/Forb |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic Mesic Dry Mesic |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 8b |
| Plant Height: | 36 - 60 inches |
| Plant Spread: | 12 - 18 inches |
| Fruit: | Showy |
| Flowers: | Showy |
| Flower Color: | Purple |
| Bloom Size: | Under 1" |
| Flower Time: | Summer Late summer or early fall |
| Underground structures: | Corm |
| Uses: | Cut Flower Will Naturalize |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds Butterflies Hummingbirds |
| Resistances: | Deer Resistant Humidity tolerant |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Stratify seeds: 2 months at 40 degrees |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies Bees |
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| christine2 | On June 1, 2016 | Obtained plant 8 |
| MrsBinWY | On May 27, 2022 | Seeds germinated On 5-27-2022, observed 1 seedling. |
| MrsBinWY | On April 1, 2022 | Seeds sown On 4-1-2022, WS 16 seeds from SameOldBrandNew's 2021G in milk jug |
| MrsBinWY | On December 25, 2018 | Seeds sown WS 16 seeds from luvsgrtdanes (from Prairie Moon) in milk jug |
| MrsBinWY | On January 2, 2016 | Seeds sown WS 16 seeds from docmom |
| lovesblooms | On March 3, 2018 | Seeds sown winter sown |
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| Bloom is apx. the size of a quarter by Moby | Jan 13, 2012 8:52 AM | 0 |
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