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Trans Pecos Desert Goldenrod

Gundlachia triantha

Gundlachia triantha is a desert shrub in the daisy family, native to northern Mexico and western Texas near Big Bend. Its key to growing it is full sun and very dry, well-drained conditions, as it is adapted to arid desert.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; it tolerates drought well.
Soil
Sandy or gritty, very well-drained soil.
Temperature
Tolerates hot desert summers; protect from hard freezes, which it may not survive.
How easy
Moderate

About

Gundlachia triantha, the TransPecos goldenshrub or Trans-Pecos desert goldenrod, is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo León), with the range extending just over the Río Grande into western Texas in and near Big Bend National Park.

Gundlachia triantha is a shrub up to 200 cm (6+1⁄2 ft) tall. The plant produces flower heads in clumps of 3–5 at the ends of small branches. Each head contains 3–7 disc flowers but no ray flowers.

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Gundlachia · Desert goldenrod

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gundlachia triantha 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.

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