Downy Pagoda-plant - Blephilia ciliata
Above: Downy Pagoda-plant in woods just behind Council Ring in the UW-Arboretum Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin (6/25/20).
Downy Pagoda-plant - Blephilia ciliata
Downy Pagoda-plant is a native plant that grows 5"- 36" tall and grows in dry to moist areas like woods and prairies.
Downy Pagoda-plant has blue to pink flowers with purple spots. The flowers are 5-parted and tube-shaped. They are arranged in dense head-like whorls that are distinctly separated along the stem (stacked like a pagoda).
Downy Pagoda-plant blooms late June - September.
Other names: Downy wood mint, Ohio horsemint.
For more information on the Downy Pagoda Plant (Blephilia ciliata), visit Wikipedia.
Or, visit the UW-Madison Wisconsin State Herbarium website page about Downy Pagoda Plant.
Downy Pagoda-plant
Blephilia ciliata
Above: Downy Pagoda-plant in woods just behind Council Ring in the UW-Arboretum Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin (6/12/22).
Above: Downy Pagoda-plant in woods just behind Council Ring in the UW-Arboretum Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin (6/19/22).
Above: Downy Pagoda-plant near UW-Arboretum native garden in Madison, Wisconsin (6/12/20).
Above: Downy Pagoda-plant near UW-Arboretum native garden in Madison, Wisconsin (7/27/20).
Above: Downy Pagoda-plant in woods just behind Council Ring in the UW-Arboretum Oak Savanna in Madison, Wisconsin (6/25/20).
Above: Downy Pagoda-plant near UW-Arboretum native garden in Madison, Wisconsin (6/03/21).
Above: Downy Pagoda-plant specimen collected in the U.W. Arbortetum in Dane County on July 17, 1956.
