Desmodium canadense
Growing Information
• Plant Type: Perennial
• Sunlight: Sun
• Soils: Dry to moist.
• Bloom Time: Pink flowers from June to September
• Size: 2-3 feet in height, 1-2 foot spread
As the name implies, this plant offers showy pink flowers from mid-summer to fall, making this plant a great addition to a sunny spot. Extremely tolerant of poor, sandy soils, this plant is happy to spread itself around and looks great in a cluster. This is a Barnstable County native.
Garden Companions
Grass-leaved Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia), Appalachian Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum flexuosum)
Nature Benefits
- Host plant for the Eastern Tailed Blue, Silver-spotted Skipper, Southern Cloudywing, Northern Cloudywing, and Hoary Edge butterflies as well as the Pink-washed Aristotelia, Tobacco Budworm, Batman, and Tick-Trefoil Caloptilia moths.
- Flowers provide nectar to a variety of pollinators, with special value to bumble bees.
Natural Habitat
Meadows and fields, shores of streams or ponds.