Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root) Height - 4' and Taller Flower Color green

Flower Color green

Flower Color Purple/Pink

This tree is quite attractive with its bark peeling like its cousins BETULA PAPYRIFERA (PAPER BIRCH)  and BETULA NIGRA (RIVER BIRCH) but yellow birch has yellow to bronze bark rather than the paper having white and river having more of a tan peeling bark

giving it another common name of musclewood

Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver's Root) Height - 4' and Taller Flower Color greenCulver's Root reaches around five feet high and is crowned by a tall cluster of bright white flower spikes of tightly packed florets. A favorite of bees, butterflies, and other pollinators, it is found in prairie to savanna situations and thrives in moist to mesic soils. Named after Dr. Culver, an early American physician, who used the plant for its laxative properties. Sun Exposure Prairie Savanna Soil Conditions Wet Mesic Dry Mesic Height 4' 5'