This perennial plant has pale-blue to lavender flowers and has hairs on stems and lance-shaped leaves. The tube flowers, with five lobes are up to 3 inches in diameter. Imaqge “E” shows a side-view of the tube flower and the abundant hairs on the leaves and flower. These plants can grow up to three feet high in optimum conditions.
A few of these prairie plants were found on the edge of the Fontenelle Forest parking lot, where a mix of other prairie plant species were originally planted. A few plants were first discovered in late June 2014. But this plant is also available locally and planted for ornament.
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