Bluestar 'Blue Ice'     Information
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Scientific Name:Amsonia 'Blue Ice'
Variety: 'Blue Ice'


NOTES: Amsonia is a genus of about 20 species native to light woodlands in Central and Northeast United States. 'Blue Ice' is a bluestar cultivar that is very similar in appearance to A. tabernaemontana, except it is much more compact.

There is considerable disagreement with the naming of this plant at the variety level. Plant name is not accepted by ITIS / USDA


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Bluestar 'Blue Ice'
Genus species: Amsonia 'Blue Ice'
Common Name: Bluestar 'Blue Ice'
Variety:'Blue Ice'
Family Name: Apocynaceae  
Perennial herbs or woody vines, usually with milky sap; leaves simple, entire; flowers bisexual, regular, solitary or in cymes; fruit a pair of follicles; family includes many poisonous species.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Wildflower
Flower Color:Violet/Blue
Identified by:J.D. Mancini
Months in Bloom:  
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