A moisture loving plant that flowers with handsome crowns of white. Attracts a variety of pollinators, and tolerates seasonal flooding. Leaves have a distinctive texture, and it has a lovely full, bushy form when mature. Will reseed well in good conditions- like its cousins, the Joe-Pye weeds, the top of the plant can be trimmed back after flowering to prevent reseeding.

Light: Full Sun, Part Sun/Shade

Soil Moisture: Wet, Wet Mesic

Soil Type: Loam, Humus

Height: 3'-5'

Bloom Color: White

Bloom Time: Aug-Sep

Root Type: Fibrous

Notable Wildlife Interactions: Flowers attract bees, flies, wasps, butterflies, and beetles. Hosts the clymene moth, lined ruby tiger moth, burdock borer moth, three-lined flower moth, blackberry looper moth, and geometrid moth. Seeds are occasionally eaten by sparrows. Foliage is bitter and generally avoided by mammals.