Vanillaleaf
Carphephorus odoratissimus
Vanillaleaf is a Southeastern perennial whose dried leaves smell of vanilla, holding flat clusters of rosy-purple flowers above pine-savanna grass in fall, a fragrant, drought-tolerant native for sunny, sandy gardens.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC