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Pentachaeta exilis
Meager pygmydaisy is a tiny annual wildflower native to California grasslands and woodland edges, with a stem only about 6 cm tall. It is a wild species rarely grown in gardens, and it thrives in open, sunny, dry-season conditions.
Pentachaeta exilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name meager pygmydaisy. It is endemic to California, where it is known from the North Coast Ranges to the southern Central Valley, San Joaquin Valley, and Sierra Nevada foothills. It is a member of grassland and woodland plant communities.
Tiny pygmydaisy · Golden chaetopappa · Whiteray pygmydaisy · Lyon's pygmydaisy · Pygmydaisy
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pentachaeta exilis 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.
