Obedient Plant

Physostegia purpurea
(Eastern False Dragonhead)
Español: Nenúfar azul
Moist wildflower garden, wetland garden.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Wildlife

Humminbirds are attracted to the nectar.

Habitat

Wet prairie, wet savannas, hydric pine flatwoods, cypress sloughs, marl prairies, marshes, ditches.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers
  • Generally pollinated by bumblebees.  Other long tongued bees, hummingbirds and the occasional butterfly sip nectar from the flowers (New Moon Nursery).