Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root)
grows 4-7 ft. tall (very tall)
full sun
medium to moist or wet soil
white blooms from July-Aug.
beneficial to pollinators including bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths, wasps, and beetles
valuable larval host plant (the caterpillars on this plant will bring songbirds)
natural habitat: dry calcareous and mafic woodlands, fens and wet meadows, riverside prairies, riverside outcrop barrens, rocky bars and shores
grows 4-7 ft. tall (very tall)
full sun
medium to moist or wet soil
white blooms from July-Aug.
beneficial to pollinators including bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths, wasps, and beetles
valuable larval host plant (the caterpillars on this plant will bring songbirds)
natural habitat: dry calcareous and mafic woodlands, fens and wet meadows, riverside prairies, riverside outcrop barrens, rocky bars and shores
grows 4-7 ft. tall (very tall)
full sun
medium to moist or wet soil
white blooms from July-Aug.
beneficial to pollinators including bumblebees, solitary bees, butterflies/moths, wasps, and beetles
valuable larval host plant (the caterpillars on this plant will bring songbirds)
natural habitat: dry calcareous and mafic woodlands, fens and wet meadows, riverside prairies, riverside outcrop barrens, rocky bars and shores
