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§1 Plant

Conoclinium coelestinum (L.) DC.

vernacular blue mistflower — species · Asteraceae


USDA
COCO13
GBIF
3090343
Rank
species
blue mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum)
Platephotograph · bioblitz_aggregate_accountCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Asteraceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Conoclinium
§2a

Native status, by region

  • CAN Canada Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 418 counties across 12 states/territories
Legend Native · 418 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
Medium
Shade
Low
Moisture use
Medium
Fire
Low
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
Low
CaCO₃
Medium
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-13 °F minimum
Frost-free days
170 min.
Precipitation
24–60 in/yr
pH range
5.5–7.5
Root depth
14 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Moderate
Mature height
3.2 ft
Foliage texture
Medium
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Moderate
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
Blue
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,500,000
Propagation
seed, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 418 counties across 12 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 18 N
Arkansas view state ↗ 69 N
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N
Florida view state ↗ 57 N
Georgia view state ↗ 26 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 93 N
New Jersey view state ↗ 9 N
New York view state ↗ 2 N
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 20 N
Virginia view state ↗ 90 N
West Virginia view state ↗ 31 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/COCO13 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3090343 ↗

Record version

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usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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