Grown on-site, free of peat moss & chemical fertilizers
Not on Portland Plant List but should be (documented in 1912)
Plant type: deciduous herbaceousbiennial
Height: 2-3’
Light requirements: full sun-part shade
Moisture requirements: dry
Soil: poor and disturbed (nitrogen fixer)
Bloom time: May-July
Bloom color: varies white, yellow, purple, blue
Host plant for butterflies blues and hairstreaks (family Lycaenidae) and sulphurs (family Pieridae)
Photo credit: Rappman (image 1), Trevor Van Loon (image 2), Judi Sanders (image 3 & 4), Rocky Bajada (image 5), Ed Alverson (image 6), Peter Abrahamsen (image 7), Ryan McMinds (image 8)
Grown on-site, free of peat moss & chemical fertilizers
Not on Portland Plant List but should be (documented in 1912)
Plant type: deciduous herbaceousbiennial
Height: 2-3’
Light requirements: full sun-part shade
Moisture requirements: dry
Soil: poor and disturbed (nitrogen fixer)
Bloom time: May-July
Bloom color: varies white, yellow, purple, blue
Host plant for butterflies blues and hairstreaks (family Lycaenidae) and sulphurs (family Pieridae)
Photo credit: Rappman (image 1), Trevor Van Loon (image 2), Judi Sanders (image 3 & 4), Rocky Bajada (image 5), Ed Alverson (image 6), Peter Abrahamsen (image 7), Ryan McMinds (image 8)
