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Melampodium leucanthum
Also called Blackfoot Daisy, Rock Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum, the plains blackfoot or blackfoot daisy, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the family Asteraceae found on rocky slopes in the southwest U.S. It is an attractive ornamental, blooming from March to November.
In is grown as an ornamental in rocky gardens for its drought-tolerant properties and showy flowers, growing up to 1.2 m (4 ft) in height in cultivation.
While the plant thrives on limestone-containing rocky slopes, it is also found in southwest Kansas and southeast Colorado, as well as in Oklahoma. It is found in high plains as well as mesas and the desert slopes of the Sonoran Desert.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Melampodium leucanthum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
