Scientific Name
Agalinis (Gerardia) purpurea
Common Name
Purple gerardia
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
1 to 2.5 feet
Flower/fruit:
1 inch pink-purple bell-shaped, downy flowers in leaf axis; dark spots in throat; very short flower stalk
Flowering Season:
Fall
Foliage:
Paired linear leaves, 1 to 1.5 inches long; smaller leaves clustered in the axils
Site:
Damp acidic soil, thickets, boggy sites
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