Downy Woodmint
Blephilia ciliata
Also known as: Ohio Horsemint
Tiered stack of small lavender bee-attracting flower heads, each ringed with showy pink-purple bracts. Aromatic mint-family foliage. Tolerates drier sites than its sibling *B. hirsuta*. The minty leaves are eaten raw and brewed into tea, like other mountain mints.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.75–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white, blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WI, WV