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Stephanomeria exigua
Also called Wirelettuce
Small wirelettuce is a native wildflower of dry western North American deserts and open ground, usually grown as a perennial or biennial. It thrives with sun, sharp drainage and little water.
Stephanomeria exigua, the small wirelettuce, is a perennial or biennial plant native to the western United States. It is thought to be the parent species of Stephanomeria malheurensis (Malheur wirelettuce), an endangered plant species found only in southern Oregon. It generally blooms from mid-spring to late summer and produces small, light pink or light purple blooms.
Stephanomeria exigua is native to the arid regions of Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Wyoming, as well as New York.
Chicoryleaf wirelettuce · San Diego wirelettuce · Santa Barbara wirelettuce · Teton wirelettuce · Lettuce wirelettuce · Malheur wirelettuce · Stephanomeria occultata · Tufted wirelettuce · Parry's wirelettuce · Brownplume wirelettuce · Desert wirelettuce · Slender Wire Lettuce
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stephanomeria exigua 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.
