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Boltonia diffusa
Smallhead doll's daisy is a low perennial native to the southeastern and central United States, rarely over 20 cm tall, spreading by surface stolons into small clumps of daisy-like flowers. It is a wild plant of moist, open ground and is not a common garden subject, so care guidance is general.
Boltonia diffusa, the smallhead doll's daisy, is a North American species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the United States, primarily the states along the Gulf of Mexico from Texas to Florida plus the lower Mississippi Valley from Louisiana to Illinois. There additional populations in the eastern United States as far north as Virginia.
Boltonia diffusa is a small perennial rarely more than 20 cm (8 inches) high. It spreads by stolons (horizontal stems running along the surface of the ground). It has many daisy-like flower heads with white or lavender ray florets and yellow disc florets.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Boltonia diffusa 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.
