small venus looking-glass
Triodanis perfoliata
USDA zones4 to 9
SunHandles full sun or partial sun or full shade
WaterHandles dry to moderate soil
Sizeup to 3 feet tall
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Bloom color
- Blue , purple
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Circumneutral (pH 6.8-7.2)
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Small venus looking-glass (Triodanis perfoliata) is an annual for pollinator gardens, woodlands, and meadows. This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to average, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Wheel-shaped, bluish to purple flowers sit singly in the leaf axils. Deer tend to pass it by. The flowers in the lower leaf axils do not open but still produce seeds. It can appear in any open spot, even in cultivated flower gardens.
Pairs well with Switchgrass, Great blue lobelia, and Big bluestem.
Native range
AL, AR, AZ, CA, and 45 more places. See all 49
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY; ON.