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Hymenopappus mexicanus
Mexican woollywhite is a biennial wildflower in the daisy family, native to the desert and grassland country of the southwestern US and northern Mexico. It grows up to about 90 cm tall and is grown mainly as a native wildflower rather than a common garden plant, so it needs sun, sharp drainage and little water once established.
Hymenopappus mexicanus, the Mexican woollywhite, is a North American species of flowering plant in the daisy family. It grows in northern Mexico (Chihuahua, San Luis Potosí) and the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico).
Hymenopappus mexicanus is a biennial herb up to 90 cm (3 feet) tall. One plant produces 1-20 flower heads per stem, each head with 20-40 yellow disc flowers but no ray flowers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hymenopappus mexicanus 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.
