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Plains dozedaisy

Aphanostephus ramosissimus

Also called Lazy Daisy, Plains Lazy Daisy

Plains dozedaisy
Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0

Plains dozedaisy is a small annual wildflower from the southwestern and south-central United States and northern Mexico, with white, ray-like petals around a yellow centre. It is grown for its cheerful, long-blooming flowers in dry, sunny spots.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty soil; tolerates poor, lean soils.
Temperature
Hardy in warm climates and tolerant of heat; frost-tender, so sow after the last frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
New Mexico to Oklahoma and Mexico

About

Aphanostephus ramosissimus is a North American species of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, with the common name plains lazydaisy. It is native to the southwestern and south-central United States, the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Oklahoma, as well as to central and northern Mexico as far south as Puebla and Michoacán.

Other Aphanostephus plants

Hairy dozedaisy · Riddell's dozedaisy · Arkansas dozedaisy · Dozedaisy

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aphanostephus ramosissimus 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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