Wild Quinine is a robust native prairie wildflower producing flat-topped clusters of small, brilliant white flowers that bloom over an extraordinarily long season from May through September. Growing 2–4 feet tall, it is named for a historical use as a quinine substitute, though the connection is tenuous. Found in dry to moist prairies and open woodlands in the central and eastern United States, it is extremely drought-tolerant and long-lived from a deep taproot.
Habitat
Found in dry to mesic prairies, rocky glades, and open woodlands across the central and eastern United States.
Diet
Long-season flowers provide nectar for a huge diversity of native bees, wasps, beetles, and butterflies.
How common
Uncommon
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