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Nuttall's rayless goldenrod

Bigelowia nuttallii

Nuttall's rayless goldenrod
Photo: Mason Brock (Masebrock), Public domain

Nuttall's rayless goldenrod is a wild perennial of the daisy family native to the southeastern United States, found on sandstone and siltstone outcrops. It is rarely grown in gardens, and its care needs are best matched to the dry, rocky, sunny conditions it naturally occupies.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings, as it tolerates drought once established.
Soil
Sharply drained, sandy or gritty mix with some rock or grit.
Temperature
Tolerates a wide range of warm temperatures; likely hardy in mild climates, protect from hard frost in cold regions.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. U.S.A. to Texas

About

Bigelowia nuttallii (Nuttall's rayless goldenrod) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to the southern United States (Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida). It can be found on sandstone or siltstone outcrops. NatureServe assigns Bigelowia nuttallii a rounded global conservation rank of G3, or vulnerable. It was described in 1970 by Loran C. Anderson.

Other Bigelowia plants

Pineland rayless goldenrod · Rayless goldenrod

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Bigelowia nuttallii 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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