Mountain Snow Queen
Synthyris missurica
Mountain snow queen, one of the first things to flower as the drifts pull back — spikes of blue-violet flowers pushing up beside round, scalloped, leathery evergreen leaves. A choice plant for cool shade in a rock or woodland garden.
- Family
- Plantaginaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1.2 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- blue, purple
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, groundcover
- Native states
- CA, ID, MT, OR, WA