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Seeman's sunbonnets

Leibnitzia lyrata

Seeman's sunbonnets
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0

Seemann's sunbonnet (Leibnitzia lyrata) is a small perennial herb from the daisy family, native to pine-oak woodlands of Mexico, Arizona and New Mexico. It grows in open, often disturbed ground and is mainly grown as a wild or rock-garden plant rather than a common houseplant.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water moderately during growth and let the soil dry out between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty or sandy soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Arizona to New Mexico and Guatemala
Climate
subtropical

About

Leibnitzia lyrata, common name Seemann's sunbonnet, is a plant species widespread across much of Mexico and also found in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico. It is found in open locations in pine-oak woodlands, often in disturbed areas.

Leibnitzia lyrata is a perennial herb up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Heads are borne singly. Outer florets of the head are pink to purplish, the inner florets white. Flowers tend to be fully open early in the season but remain closed and self-fertilizing later in the year.

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Sunbonnets

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leibnitzia lyrata 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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