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Chrysopsis floridana
Also called Florida Golden Aster
Florida goldenaster is a rare, short-lived perennial or subshrub native only to west-central Florida, listed as endangered in the US. It needs full sun and very well-drained, sandy soil, and it is not a commonly grown garden plant.
Chrysopsis floridana is a rare species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, known by its common name, Florida golden aster. It is endemic to Florida in the United States, where it is known from Hillsborough, Hardee, Manatee, and Pinellas Counties. It is considered an endemic of the west-central coast of the state in the general vicinity of Tampa Bay. There are 17 to 20 occurrences, many of which have few individuals, but one of which has over one million plants. In 1986 the plant was added to the US endangered species list because it was becoming increasingly rare, it was growing only on private property, and its habitat was unprotected and being destroyed and degraded by a number of forces. It is found at Bell Creek Nature Preserve in Riverview, Florida.
This plant occurs in open areas in Florida scrub habitat among sand pines (Pinus clausa). It can also be found in the ecotone between the scrub and adjacent habitat types. The substrate is the white siliceous sand that was once part of an ancient dune system. This sand is low in organic nutrients and retains little water.
Delaney's Goldenaster · Godfrey's goldenaster · Cottony goldenaster · Chrysopsis highlandsensis · Lynn Haven goldenaster · Pineland goldenaster · Narrowleaf goldenaster · Maryland goldenaster · Coastal plain goldenaster · Scrubland goldenaster · Goldenaster
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysopsis floridana 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.
