Mock Bishopweed
Ptilimnium capillaceum
Mock bishopweed is a delicate, ferny-leaved annual of the carrot family that froths with lacy white flower umbels in wet meadows and ditches, a magnet for tiny pollinators.
- Family
- Apiaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–3 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July, August
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, rain garden
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, KY, LA, MA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA