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Culver’s Root

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 2-6’ tall

  • Small clusters of white flowers stand erect in conical shaped spikes; blooms in summer

  • Attracts various pollinators including bumblebees, mason bees, masked bees, carpenter bees, moths, butterflies and more

  • Valued for biological pest control; attracts the insidous flower bug, chalcid wasps, hoverflies, crab spiders, parisitoid wasps, and other beneficial predatory insects

  • Host plant to the Culver’s Root Borer Moth

  • Spreads via seed and rhizome, but slowly and non-aggressively

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Culver’s Root

NJ Ecotype (grown from seed)

  • Herbaceous perennial; 2-6’ tall

  • Small clusters of white flowers stand erect in conical shaped spikes; blooms in summer

  • Attracts various pollinators including bumblebees, mason bees, masked bees, carpenter bees, moths, butterflies and more

  • Valued for biological pest control; attracts the insidous flower bug, chalcid wasps, hoverflies, crab spiders, parisitoid wasps, and other beneficial predatory insects

  • Host plant to the Culver’s Root Borer Moth

  • Spreads via seed and rhizome, but slowly and non-aggressively

Details

  • White, sometimes pink

  • Summer

  • 2-6’

  • Dry, Medium

  • Full, Partial

  • Culver's Root Borer Moth

  • FAC - Occurs in both wetlands and non-wetlands

  • Cold stratification not required; seeds need light to germinate