Queen of the Prairie

This has been blooming along side an out building in my neighborhood. It is called , of all things...... Queen of the Prairie. Tucked here in the foot hills of the Berkshires, it seems unlikely that we might stumble across Queen of the Prairie growing in our neighborhood ...... but it is indeed native to  the Northern Eastern United States. One article I read referred to this flower as the cotton candy of flowers, and when it is in full bloom it indeed does look like cotton candy. It is endangered or threatened in six states... But on an up note.... it has been given the Award of Garden Merit.  from  the Royal Horticultural Society.

Where I found it : growing along side and out building