In summer, many cylindrical-shaped heads of purple flowers with orange stamens dance on wiry stems. This plant is an important component of Midwestern because it is a nitrogen fixer. The plant has a ferny appearance because of the small dark leaves.
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USDA Hardiness Zone 3-8
Home Owner Growing and Maintenance Tips:
Good Companions
White Prairie Clover
(Dalea candida),
Compass Plant
(Silphium laciniatum),
Pale Purple Coneflower
(Echinacea pallida),
Wild Quinine
(Parthenium integrifolium),
Sideoats Grama
(Bouteloua curtipendula),
Little Bluestem
(Schizachyrium scoparium)
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