| Description | A short white flowering native prairie plant. Grows best in full sun drier sites. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Wild Flowers |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | native to dry, mesic prairies, needs well drained soils |
| Flowers | white, 5 sepals, mid-June to mid-July, single white flower per stalk. |
| Fruit | seed heads thimble like, dry seed heads will produce a mass of white cottony material |
| Leaves | basal leaves and a whorl of leaves on the flowering stalk, main stem leaves are stalked, deeply divided |
| Dimensions | 2' tall |
| Propagation | It can take two years from seed to flower. |
| Notes & Reference | #09-The Prairie Garden (J. Robert Smith with Beatrice Smith), #56-Tall Grass Prairie Wildflowers (Doug Ladd) |
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