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Southern mule-ears

Agnorhiza ovata

Also called Southern Mule's Ears

Southern mule-ears
Photo: Rickbramhall, CC BY-SA 4.0

Southern mule-ears is a perennial wildflower in the daisy family, native to dry mountains and foothills of southern California and Baja California. It is grown mainly as a low-maintenance native plant for dry, sunny gardens, and it needs good drainage and little summer water.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established, and let the soil dry out between waterings, especially in summer.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gravelly soil; avoid heavy clay.
Temperature
Tolerates a wide range of temperatures typical of its native region; protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California to Mexico (Baja California Norte)

About

Agnorhiza ovata (syn. Wyethia ovata) is a species of flowering plant known by the common name southern mule's ears. It is native to the mountains and foothills of southern California and Baja California, occurring the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills in Tulare, Kern, Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego counties in California, with additional populations in the Peninsular Ranges south of the international border.

Other Agnorhiza plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Agnorhiza ovata 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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