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Centrostegia thurberi
Also called Thurber's Spineflower, Thurber's Spiny Herb, Spring Flower
Red triangles is a small, annual wildflower in the buckwheat family, native to the desert southwest of the US and northwest Mexico. It is grown mainly as a native wildflower for dry, sunny sites and is best sown from seed in fall or early spring.
Centrostegia is a monotypic genus of plants in the family Polygonaceae. Its sole species is Centrostegia thurberi, known by the common names Thurber's spineflower and red triangles. It is a petite herb with a distinct red coloration native to the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Centrostegia 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.
