Common Name: Blue Mist Flower

Latin Name: Conoclinium coelestinum

Height: 2 feet tall

Duration: Perennial

Bloom Color: Blue

Bloom Time: September - October

Water Use: Medium

Soil: Medium-Wet, Medium, Medium-Dry

Light Requirement: Partial

Spreads via seeds, root division, or softwood cuttings taken in the late spring.

Host Plant: Caterpillars for the Clymene Moth, Lined Ruby Tiger Moth, Eupatorum Borer Moth, and Three-Lined Flower Moth.

Pollinators: Long-tongued bees, butterflies, and skippers. Sometimes attracts short-tongued bees, flies, moths, and beetles.

Other Information: Foliage is bitter in taste, so mammals rarely browse on this plant.