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Mule-ears

Agnorhiza

Also called Mule's Ears

Mule-ears
Photo: US Bureau of Land Management, Public domain

Agnorhiza is a small genus of perennial daisy-family herbs with sunflower-like flower heads, mostly native to California. The species here are commonly grown as native wildflowers in dry, open sites.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently, letting soil dry out between waterings; established plants need little.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; tolerates poor soil.
Temperature
10–35 °C; tolerates cold winters and hot summers once established.
How easy
Easy

About

Agnorhiza is a small genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1998. Its species had previously been considered members of either Wyethia or Balsamorhiza. The plants are native to California, with the range of one species (A. ovata) extending into northern Mexico. They are perennial herbs with sunflower-like flower heads 1 to 4 centimeters wide.

Species

Other Agnorhiza plants

Bolander's mule-ears · Hall's mule-ears · Coville's mule-ears · Southern mule-ears · El Dorado mule-ears

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agnorhiza by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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