Common Name
Little ladies'-tresses
Plant Form
Herbs
Duration
Perennial
Max Height (ft)
1.5
Region
Coastal
Piedmont
Mountain
Additional Info
Dry open forests, old fields, clearings, road banks, and other dry, open sites; often grows among mosses and Cladonia spp. (reindeer lichens) that have colonized thin, eroded soils. Infrequent in the piedmont and n. coastal Plain; rare elsewhere.
Bloom Time
Spring
Early Summer
Late Summer
Fall
Light Requirements
Full sun
Partial sun
Moisture Requirements
Moist
Dry
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