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Ferris' goldfields

Lasthenia ferrisiae

Ferris' goldfields
Photo: Stephen Laymon, Bureau of Land Management, Public domain

Ferris' goldfields is an annual wildflower native to California's Central Valley, where it grows in seasonal wet pools and alkali flats. It is grown mainly for native plantings and needs wet winters and dry summers.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly after sowing or planting, then let it rely on winter rain and avoid summer watering.
Soil
Well-drained or seasonally wet clay or alkaline soil.
Temperature
Mild Mediterranean climate; tolerates winter frost, avoid prolonged heat above 35 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California

About

Lasthenia ferrisiae is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name Ferris' goldfields. It is endemic to the California Central Valley, where it grows in vernal pools and alkali flats.

Other Lasthenia plants

Alkalisink goldfields · Alkali goldfields

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Lasthenia ferrisiae 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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