| Common Name: |
Obedient Plant |
| Scientific Name: |
Physostegia virginiana |
| Other Name(s): |
Aka Lion's Heart, Dragon Head, Virginia Lion's-Heart, False Dragonhead, Fall Obedient Plant |
| Category: |
Herb/Forb |
| Habit: |
Herbaceous perennial |
| Bloom Color: |
Pink to pale lilac flowers |
| Bloom Size: |
1 in. |
| Bloom Shape: |
Upright terminal spikes each to 12-18 in. |
| Bloom Season: |
Throughout summer |
| Foliage Description: |
Each flower being subtended by a small leaf-like bract. Stems are clad with opposite, narrow-lanceolate, sharply-toothed leaves to 3-6 in. long |
| Height of Plant: |
3-4 ft. |
| Spread of Plant: |
2-3 ft. |
| Hardiness: |
USDA Zones 3 - 9 |
| Light Requirements: |
Full sun |
| Water Usage: |
Medium |
| Soil Type: |
Found in a variety of habitats including open meadows, prairies, stream banks, gravel bars, wooded bluff bases and railroad track right-of-ways |
| Native Range: |
Native to North America from Quebec to Manitoba south to Florida and New Mexico |
| Propagation: |
Division |
| Maintenance: |
Medium |
| Photographer: |
Jon Wooten |
| Location: |
Native Plant Garden |