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Amsonia hubrichtii
Also called Blue star
Hubricht's bluestar is a native North American perennial with feathery, thread-like leaves and powdery blue spring flowers, grown as an ornamental. It does best in full to partial sun and tolerates poor soil, so avoid rich, overwatered beds.
Amsonia hubrichtii, commonly known as Hubricht's bluestar, Arkansas bluestar, or thread-leaf bluestar, is a North American species of perennial flowering plant in the Apocynaceae (dogbane) family, first described in 1943. It is native to Oklahoma and Arkansas in the south-central United States. It is commonly used as an ornamental plant.
The plant is known from a limited number of populations in Oklahoma and Arkansas, primarily within the Ouachita Mountains Natural Division. In Oklahoma, it is considered an endangered species. It grows well in poor soils and full to partial sun.
Fringed bluestar · Jones' bluestar · Kearney's bluestar · Blue star · Eastern bluestar · Feltleaf bluestar · Woolly bluestar · Bluestar
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amsonia hubrichtii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
