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Calycoseris parryi
Yellow tackstem is a spring-blooming wildflower of the daisy family that grows in sandy desert soils of the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. It is a wild native, not a garden plant, and its main requirements are sun, sandy drainage and little water.
Calycoseris parryi, the yellow tackstem, is a spring wildflower found in the Mojave Desert, the Sonoran Desert, and surrounding regions of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. It is found in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and Baja California.
Calycoseris parryi grows up to 30 centimeters (12 inches) tall in sandy soils below 6,000 feet. The plant has yellow flowers with leaves up to 4.5 inches (11.25 cm) long, and is part of the Sunflower Family.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Calycoseris parryi 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.
