Plant types and subtypes: Newly Added, Perennials
Light Requirements: part-shade, shade
Water Use: medium
Soil Moisture: moist
Soil Description: acid, rich, average, loam, clay, sand
Height: 1'-2'
Bloom Time: May, June, July
Bloom Color: yellow, red
Leaf Color: green
Hardiness Zone: 6, 7, 8
Additional Tags: attracts hummingbirds, clumping, naturalizing, pond margin plant, shade garden plant, stream margin plant, woodland plant

Pricing & Availability
Description
Spigelia marilandica
Also known as:woodland pinkroot
,pinkroot
,Indian pink
Description
Spigelia marilandica blooms in curving, terminal clusters of upward facing trumpet-shaped flowers that have a tropical feel. They are red on the outside and yellow inside, giving them the appearance of yellow stars, if observed from above. The deeply veined green leaves are spade-shaped.
Cultivation
Woodland pink is an attractive, long-lived perennial native to the moist, open woods and stream banks of the southeastern US. It is a clump forming plant that prefers average to rich, acidic soil in part-shade to shade, but is tolerant of a variety of growing conditions. It is relatively cold tender and might require protection in Zone 5. Deadheading will prolong the flowering period which begins in late spring. Zones 6-8
Propagation
Propagate from seed or by clump division in early spring.
Additional Notes
Indian pink can easily get crowded out by more aggressive plants, so give it some breathing room. This species is extremely attractive to hummingbirds.
Native Range & Classification
Recorded County Distribution: USDA data
Native Range:
AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA
USDA Endangered Status:
- Endangered: IN
Classification
Kingdom | Plantae | Plants | |
Subkingdom | Tracheobionta | Vascular plants | |
Superdivision | Spermatophyta | Seed plants | |
Division | Magnoliophyta | Flowering plants | |
Class | Magnoliopsida | Dicotyledons | |
Subclass | Asteridae | ||
Order | Gentianales | ||
Family | Loganiaceae | Logania family | |
Genus | Spigelia | pinkroot | |
Species | Spigelia marilandica | woodland pinkroot |