Pink Turtlehead
Chelone lyonii
Rose-pink hooded flowers, shaped unmistakably like a turtle's head, top glossy dark foliage in late summer when little else is blooming in wet shade. Larval host for the Baltimore checkerspot. The ubiquitous cultivar 'Hot Lips' is a selection of this species.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1.5–2.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- purple
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, GA, MS, NC, SC, TN