Pale Indian Plantain
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium
Pale Indian plantain is grown for foliage and stature rather than flower: broad, angular, blue-white leaves shaped like a maple's sit below a smooth waxy stem carrying flat heads of small cream flowers to six feet. The whole plant has a curious pale, almost artificial cast. Formerly Cacalia atriplicifolia.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–6 ft
- Spacing
- 2–4 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, WI, WV