Mistflower

Conoclinium coelestinum
(Blue Mistflower)
Español: Ceratonia
Moist wildflower garden or butterfly garden. Edges of water features. Will spread to form large patches.

Tolerance

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Habitat

Riverine swamps, cypress savannas.

Did You Know?

  • Showy flowers
  • Nectar plant for obscure skipper (Panoquina panoquinoides), salt marsh skipper (Panoquina panoquin), southern broken-dash (Wallengrenia otho), three-spotted skipper (Cymaenes tripunctus) and other butterflies. (IRC)
  • Attracts bees.