Beautiful False Dragonhead
Physostegia pulchella
Beautiful false dragonhead is a Texas obedient plant with showy rose-purple flower spikes in spring, spreading in moist soils to feed early bees and hummingbirds.
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- red, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, hummingbirds, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, erosion control, naturalizing
- Native states
- OK, TX
Related native plants
More Physostegia species
- Obedient Plant (Physostegia virginiana)
- Narrowleaf Obedient Plant (Physostegia angustifolia)
- Eastern False Dragonhead (Physostegia purpurea)
- Finger Obedient Plant (Physostegia digitalis)