Apocynaceae
Feltleaf bluestar
Amsonia tharpii
- Family
- Apocynaceae
- Genus
- Amsonia
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Common names
By language (2)
- English
- Feltleaf bluestar
- Persian
- اختر آبی برگنمدی
Flowers
- In flower
- March to May (from 16 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Subshrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cecelia Alexander, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Martin Purdy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
More in Amsonia
- Blue starAmsonia orientalisApocynaceae
- Eastern bluestarAmsonia tabernaemontanaApocynaceae
- Woolly bluestarAmsonia tomentosaApocynaceae
- Amsonia ellipticaApocynaceae
- Hubricht's bluestarAmsonia hubrichtiiApocynaceae
- Kearney's bluestarAmsonia kearneyanaApocynaceae
- Fringed bluestarAmsonia ciliataApocynaceae
- Jones' bluestarAmsonia jonesiiApocynaceae
- Tubular bluestarAmsonia longifloraApocynaceae
- San Antonio bluestarAmsonia fugateiApocynaceae
- Arizona bluestarAmsonia grandifloraApocynaceae
- Louisiana bluestarAmsonia ludovicianaApocynaceae
Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.