White Wingstem

White wingstem
(Verbesina virginica)

Height:

• 3 to 3 feet

Bloom:

• August to October

Classification:

• Native
• Perennial

Sun:

• Part shade

Soil moisture:

• Medium to moist

Provides food for:

• Honey bees (flowers)
• Native bees (flowers)
• Butterflies (flowers)
• Caterpillars (foliage)
• Birds (seeds, caterpillars and other insects)

Notes:

• Will self-seed, sometimes aggressively.
• Produces “frost flowers” along the stem in the early winter.
• Deer resistant.
• Other common names include white crownbeard, frost flower, and frostweed.

Native Range:

Relevant Backyard Ecology Resources:

White Wingstem: A Late Fall Nectar Source and Frost Flower Producer