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Amphiachyris dracunculoides
Also called Broomweed
Prairie broomweed is a tall, wild annual daisy from the central and southern US Great Plains, grown mainly for its yellow late-summer flowers and tolerance of poor, disturbed ground. It is a native wildflower, not a common garden plant, and does best in full sun and well-drained soil.
Amphiachyris dracunculoides, commonly called broomweed, is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the United States, primarily the southern Great Plains from Missouri to eastern New Mexico.
Amphiachyris dracunculoides is a tall annual herb occasionally reaching as much as 200 cm (7 feet) in height. The leaves are linear, glabrous, and alternately arranged. Flower heads are yellow, with both ray florets and disc florets. The involucre is made up of 2-3 series of imbricate phyllaries. It is found in calcareous areas, and is tolerant of disturbed habitats.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Amphiachyris dracunculoides 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.
