One of the narrow-leaved Amsonia species.

In New England almost for certain A. hubrichtii since I have never seen any other thin leafed species sold here.

A real favorite. They are slow growing but well worth the wait and the foliage turns wonderful shades of yellow, orange & red in autumn.

Thanks, yes that’s it. Nice to see that the Missouri Botanical Garden page calls it “an uncommon perennial.” I’d never heard the common name “Bluestar“ but that sounds appropriate. Apparently sometimes called “Arkansas Amsonia”?

‘“Genus name honors 18th-century Virginian physician Dr. Charles Amson.”

“Specific epithet honors Leslie Hubricht who first discovered it growing in the wild in the early 1940s.” Wikipedia mentions that Hubricht was a sort of ‘gentleman naturalist’ whose formal education ended after a single semester in high school. He worked at the Missouri Botanical Garden from 1936 to 1943. He lived till the wonderful age of 97. Thank you, Mr. Hubricht, for discovering this species of flower 75 years ago and for passing your name to it to live on in my garden.

Love this plant. I’d heard they are hard to transplant but I had to move three due to yard renos and they are all doing great and blooming despite their rough treatment and time in pots before I could get them in their new spot.

I concur hard to transplant - I lost mine doing it