Myriad Botanical Gardens - Oklahoma City, USA

Common name: Blue Star Flower

Family: Apocynaceae (Dogbane Family)

Distribution: North America

Hardiness: 3a

Life form: Perennial plant

Comments: This plant is a 1-3 ft., erect-stemmed perennial forming large, multi-stemmed clumps. The smooth stems are crowded with narrow, oval leaves which turn golden-yellow in the fall. Blue tubular flowers, the rim flaring to a star-shape, appear in loosely conjested clusters at the tips of the stems.