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Sclerocarpus divaricatus
Tropical bonebract is an erect, spreading annual herb of the daisy family from the Neotropics, growing up to about 1.5 m tall with yellow daisy-like flower heads. It is a seasonal plant of dry tropical climates and is rarely grown as an ornamental.
Sclerocarpus divaricatus, sometimes called tropical bonebract, is an attractive species of the Neotropics belonging to the family Asteraceae
Sclerocarpus divaricatus is distributed from Mexico south through Central America into Colombia and Venezuela in South America.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sclerocarpus divaricatus 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.
