White flowering spikes bloom over airy, delicate foliage. Prefers well-drained soil and full sun.
It grows in many types of habitat, including prairie, foothills, woods, forests, and disturbed areas. A great pollinator host and nitrogen fixer. It is a larval host to the clouded sulphur, marine blue, Reakirt’s blue, and southern dogface butterfly.
Native to North America, where it can be found throughout central Canada, the central United States, and northern Mexico.