Chrysogonum australe Eco Lacquered Spider Comptonia although its native haunts are

although its native haunts are moist valleys in the Black Sea region (Bulgaria and Turkey)

as well as summer flowering when many spring perennials have finished flowering or gone dormant

a favorite of early foraging honeybees

When old enough

unirrigated roadside bank where it doesn't spread as fast or get as tall

Chrysogonum australe Eco Lacquered Spider Comptonia although its native haunts are(aka: Chrysogonum virginianum 'Eco Lacquered Spider') Chrysogonum australe is the US Gulf Coast species, which for years was mistakenly lumped with the clumping Chrysogonum virginianum. Instead of clumping, Chrysogonum australe forms a fast spreading evergreen, deer resistant groundcover (4' wide in 2 years) in the moist woodland garden, quickly covering the ground without the need for mulch one of the best North American native woodland groundcovers