• Bloom Time
    Jun-Sep

  • Habit
    Herbaceous

  • Height
    1-3 feet

  • Longevity
    Perennial

  • Flower Shape
    Spike

  • Stem Surface
    Downy

  • Leaf Size
    To 2.5 inches long

  • Leaf Shape
    Triangle

  • Leaf Arrangement
    Opposite

  • Leaf Surface
    Downy

  • Leaf Edges
    Coarsely toothed (dentate)

Summer, gowned in catnip-gray,
Goes her weedy wildwood way,
Where with rosehip-buttoned coat,
Cardinal flower-plume afloat,
With the squirrel-folk at play

From "The Dance of Summer" by Madison Cawein

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