Physostegia virginiana -- (Obedient Plant)


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 Scientific Name:  Physostegia virginiana
 Other Scientific Names:  Physostegia speciosa
 Common Name:  Obedient Plant
 Other Common Names:  False Dragonhead, Obedience Plant
 Duration of Life:  Perennial
 Bloom Color:  Pink
 Soil Moisture:  Wet, Mesic
 Sun Requirements:  Full, Partial
 Plant Origin:  Native
 Growing Zone:  3,4,5,6,7,8,9
 Competitivness:  Intermediate
 Best established via:  Seed, Plant
 Growth Habit:  Forb/herb
 Height, Mature (feet):  3
 Plant Spacing:  12 to 24 inches
 Flowering Months:  August
 Found in Old fields:  No
 Found in Virgin fields:  No
 RGR Bloom Begin:  08/01
 RGR Bloom Peak:  08/10
 RGR Bloom End:  08/26
 RGR Seed Collection Peak:  10/10
 Where Found in S.E. MN:

 Pronounciation:  (fy-so-STEEJ-ee-uh vir-jin-ee-AN-uh)
 Category:  Dicot
 Division:  Magnoliophyta
 Class:  Magnoliopsida
 Order:  Lamiales
 Family:  Lamiaceae
 Genus:  Physostegia

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