Soft False Gromwell
Onosmodium molle
A structural, hairy perennial of dry glades and prairies, featuring heavily ribbed leaves and curving spikes of tubular, cream-colored flowers. Followed by highly distinctive, smooth, white, marble-like nutlets that persist into winter. Extremely drought-tough.
- Family
- Boraginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–3 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- green, yellow, white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- ND, TN