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Palafoxia riograndensis
Rio Grande palafox is a small annual wildflower of the daisy family, native to Texas and northern Mexico, grown for its pink to purple flower heads. It thrives in sunny, well-drained sandy or silty soil and needs little care once established.
Palafoxia riograndensis, the Rio Grande palafox or Rio Grande Spanish needles, is a plant species native to Texas, Chihuahua and Coahuila. It is named for the Rio Grande which separates Texas from Mexico. The plant grows in sandy and silty soils at elevations of 50–200 m (160–660 ft).
Palafoxia riograndensis is an annual herb up to 60 cm (24 in) tall. Flowering heads have no ray flowers but 8-25 pink, purple or white disc flowers.
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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.
