Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead)
grows 2-3 ft. tall
sun to part shade
medium to wet soil
tolerates a range of clay, loam and sandy soils
white flowers from Aug.-Oct.
benefits bumble bees and hummingbirds
larval host plant for Eupithecia satyrata, Papaipema nepheleptena, Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton)
natural habitat: seeps, seepage swamps, alluvial and tidal swamps, floodplain forests, stream banks, bogs, fens, wet meadows
associated insects: Two-spotted Long-horned Bee, bumble bees
good companion plants: ferns, Blue Mistflower, White Wood Aster
grows 2-3 ft. tall
sun to part shade
medium to wet soil
tolerates a range of clay, loam and sandy soils
white flowers from Aug.-Oct.
benefits bumble bees and hummingbirds
larval host plant for Eupithecia satyrata, Papaipema nepheleptena, Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton)
natural habitat: seeps, seepage swamps, alluvial and tidal swamps, floodplain forests, stream banks, bogs, fens, wet meadows
associated insects: Two-spotted Long-horned Bee, bumble bees
good companion plants: ferns, Blue Mistflower, White Wood Aster
grows 2-3 ft. tall
sun to part shade
medium to wet soil
tolerates a range of clay, loam and sandy soils
white flowers from Aug.-Oct.
benefits bumble bees and hummingbirds
larval host plant for Eupithecia satyrata, Papaipema nepheleptena, Baltimore Checkerspot Butterfly (Euphydryas phaeton)
natural habitat: seeps, seepage swamps, alluvial and tidal swamps, floodplain forests, stream banks, bogs, fens, wet meadows
associated insects: Two-spotted Long-horned Bee, bumble bees
good companion plants: ferns, Blue Mistflower, White Wood Aster
