Blephilia ciliata also called Ohio horsemint, occurs in dryish open woods and thickets, clearings, fields and roadsides. A clump-forming, mint family member that features mostly unbranched, square stems which rise to 30″ tall. Blue-purple, two-lipped flowers appear in late spring to mid-summer in several tiered, whorled, globular clusters in an interrupted terminal spike, with each cluster resting upon a whorl of fringed bracts. Similar in appearance to the closely related monardas. Stem leaves are lightly-toothed, whitish-downy below and mildly fragrant when crushed.

From the Native, Naturally!™ collection, it prefers average, well-drained to dry soil in full sun to part shade and blooms in May-June.

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