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Purpledisk honeycombhead

Balduina atropurpurea

Also called Purple Balduina

Purpledisk honeycombhead
Photo: Pete Pattavina, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Public domain

Purpledisk honeycombhead is a perennial wildflower of the sunflower family, native to pinelands and savannahs in the southeastern United States. It thrives in full sun and sandy, well-drained soil, and is valued for its yellow and purple flower heads.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water during establishment, then rely mostly on rainfall; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Sandy or well-drained soil; tolerates poor, dry ground.
Temperature
Hardy in warm temperate and subtropical climates; protect from hard freezes.
How easy
Easy
Native range
SE. U.S.A.

About

Balduina atropurpurea, the purpledisk honeycombhead, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to the southeastern United States (Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina).

Balduina atropurpurea is a perennial herb with branching stems. Each plant has 1-4 flower heads, each with yellow ray florets and purple disc florets. The species grows in pinelands and savannahs.

Other Balduina plants

Coastal plain honeycombhead · Oneflower honeycombhead · Honeycombhead

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Balduina atropurpurea 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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