Narrowleaf Obedient Plant
Physostegia angustifolia
Narrowleaf obedient plant raises early spikes of pink-lavender, snapdragon-like flowers over moist Southern prairies and ditches, spreading into showy colonies for pollinators.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 2–4 ft
- Spacing
- 2–3 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, wet
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AL, AR, GA, IL, KS, LA, MO, MS, OK, TN, TX
Related native plants
More Physostegia species
- Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
- Eastern False Dragonhead (Physostegia purpurea)
- Beautiful False Dragonhead (Physostegia pulchella)
- Finger Obedient Plant (Physostegia digitalis)