False Boneset (2")

Sun: Full sun to part shade
Soil: dry to medium moisture well-drained soils; Tolerates drought and somewhat poor soils.
Height: 1 to 4'

Bloom Color: White , Pink , Yellow , Green
Bloom Time: Jul - Oct
Flower: Showy

Leaf: Colorful

Tolerate: Drought, Dry Soil
Attracts: Butterflies and Native Bees
Pollinator Benefit: good nectar and pollen source--long bloom time

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False Boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides) - an herbaceous perennial in the aster family that is native to dry open woods, thickets, clearings, rocky slopes, limestone glades and prairies from New Jersey to Missouri south to Texas and Florida. It typically grows to 1-4’ tall on stems clad with narrow to lance-shaped, finely haired, gray to yellowish-green leaves (1 to 4” long), with each leaf featuring a single prominent center vein, margins that have occasional coarse teeth or are untoothed, and resinous glands underneath.

 

Upper stems terminate in loose terminal clusters of stalked and rayless (no petals) flowerheads. Each flowerhead consists of 7-21 small, narrowly tubular, creamy white to pale yellow disk florets, with a thread-like style protruding from the center of the flowerhead. Flowers bloom mid-summer to early fall (July to October). Flowers are followed by gray to light brown achenes which have tufts of white hair that are often more ornamentally attractive than the flowers. Seeds are distributed to other locations by wind.