False Boneset Brickellia eupatorioides is a Michigan Native plant available at Wild Cherry Farm
False Boneset Brickellia eupatorioides is a Michigan Native plant available at Wild Cherry Farm

False Boneset (Brickellia eupatorioides)

$5.00

False Boneset attracts many different kinds of native bees, butterflies, and skippers who come for the nectar and pollen (illinoiswildflower.info). It is the host plant to a couple of moths in our area and it is recommended as a monarch nectar source by the Xerces Society (Xerces.org). False Boneset is a food source for many grasshoppers and what eats grasshoppers? Birds and we all want to provide an important food source to many birds right? False Boneset is also considered a plant of special concern in Michigan, so while you may not be preserving the plant that was once here, you are creating habitat for all of the species that may need it for survival (mnfi.anr.msu.edu). Deer and other mammals tend to leave this one alone.

Photo credit: Joshua Mayer

False Boneset attracts many different kinds of native bees, butterflies, and skippers who come for the nectar and pollen (illinoiswildflower.info). It is the host plant to a couple of moths in our area and it is recommended as a monarch nectar source by the Xerces Society (Xerces.org). False Boneset is a food source for many grasshoppers and what eats grasshoppers? Birds and we all want to provide an important food source to many birds right? False Boneset is also considered a plant of special concern in Michigan, so while you may not be preserving the plant that was once here, you are creating habitat for all of the species that may need it for survival (mnfi.anr.msu.edu). Deer and other mammals tend to leave this one alone.

Photo credit: Joshua Mayer

Life Cycle: Perennial

Sun Exposure: Full sun, but a little shade is tolerated

Soil Moisture: Medium/dry-Dry

Height: 3 feet

Plant Spacing:

Bloom Time: August-September

Bloom Color: Cream

Advantages: Pollinator Favorite, Bird Favorite, Deer Resistant

Host Plant: 2 species of butterflies and moths use this as a caterpillar host plant in our area (nwf.org)(illinoiswildflower.info)

Species of Concern: State Status: Special Concern, State Rank: Imperiled  (mnfi.anr.msu.edu)

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