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Bolander's mule-ears

Agnorhiza bolanderi

Also called Bolander's Mule's Ears

Bolander's mule-ears
Photo: Chloe and Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0

Bolander's mule-ears is a low perennial wildflower of the daisy family, native only to the Sierra Nevada foothills of California, growing from a thick taproot and resprouting after wildfire. It is a wild plant rarely grown in gardens, and it prefers the dry, serpentine-soil conditions of its native habitat.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; it is adapted to a dry summer and wet winter pattern.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty, low-fertility soil; serpentine or rocky mineral soil suits it best.
Temperature
Hardy in mild, Mediterranean-type climates; protect from prolonged hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
California

About

Agnorhiza bolanderi is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Bolander's mule's ears. It is endemic to California, where it is known only from a narrow section of the Sierra Nevada foothills about 275 kilometers long from Shasta County to Mariposa County. It grows in chaparral and grassland habitat, usually on serpentine soils.

Other Agnorhiza plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agnorhiza bolanderi 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.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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