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Lynn Haven goldenaster

Chrysopsis lanuginosa

Lynn Haven goldenaster
Photo: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0

Lynn Haven goldenaster is a small perennial wildflower in the daisy family, native to the Florida Panhandle, with woolly leaves and stems and clusters of yellow flower heads. It suits sandy, sunny, well-drained spots, much like its native habitat.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, letting the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Sandy, well-drained soil.
Temperature
Hardy in warm temperate zones; tolerates heat, cold limit around -10 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Alabama, Florida
Climate
temperate

About

Chrysopsis lanuginosa, called the Lynn Haven goldenaster, is a North American species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has been found only in the Florida Panhandle.

Chrysopsis lanuginosa is a perennial herb up to 10 cm (40 inches) tall. It generally produces only one stem for each rosette of leaves. Both the leaves and the stem are covered with white woolly hairs. Each stalk can produce as many as 80 yellow flower heads and a loose array. The species grows in sandy and grassy locations.

Other Chrysopsis plants

Delaney's Goldenaster · Florida goldenaster · Godfrey's goldenaster · Cottony goldenaster · Chrysopsis highlandsensis · Pineland goldenaster · Narrowleaf goldenaster · Maryland goldenaster · Coastal plain goldenaster · Scrubland goldenaster · Goldenaster

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Chrysopsis lanuginosa 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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