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dotted gayfeather
Liatris punctata
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 1.0 ft. to 1.5 ft.
Spread: 6.0 in.; to 1.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Hummingbirds, Pollinators/ Invertebrates, Small Mammals, Woodland Birds
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- June, July, August
- Flower Color
- Purple Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Seeds
- Design Considerations
- Drought Tolerant, Showy Flowers, Streetscape Plants
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant, Rabbit Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Clay, Variable
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
This is an important larval and adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.
Wonderful late summer flowers.