P h o t o b y K S N P C S t a f f
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Habitat:
Marshes and shallow water, sloughs, open swamps, and oxbow lakes.
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Species Description:
Perennial herb.
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Phenology:
Flowering Period: Early June to late September.
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Additional Information at NatureServe
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Diagnostic Characteristics:
This plant of aquatic and wetland habitats has large (to 18 cm), firm, usually broadly cordate (sometimes narrower) leaves that are long-petioled at the base of the plant and on the lower stem. The long flowering stalk has a spathe with an expanded blade and another with a bladeless sheath and the spike (acutally a contracted panicle) of lavender/blue flowers that is 5-15 cm.
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Management:
Avoid changes in moisture/hydrologic conditions at the site. Changes could result from overstory removal, stream/wetland alteration or vegetation removal that would result in increased erosion.
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Global Range:
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Known Kentucky Occurrences:
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