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Torrey's four-nerve daisy

Tetraneuris torreyana

Also called Flat Four Nerve Daisy, Rock Hymenoxys, Torrey's Four Nerved Daisy, Stone Rubberweed

Torrey's four-nerve daisy
Photo: Patrick Alexander https://www.inaturalist.org/people/aspidoscelis, CC0

A small, low perennial daisy from the western United States that forms clumps of yellow flower heads on short stems. It needs full sun, excellent drainage, and little water once established.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly, letting the soil dry out fully between waterings; avoid wet roots.
Soil
Very well-drained, gritty or sandy soil, such as a cactus or rock garden mix.
Temperature
Hardy in cold winters; tolerates heat and dry conditions; protect from prolonged waterlogging.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
WC. U.S.A.

About

Tetraneuris torreyana is a North American species of plants in the sunflower family, known by the common name Torrey's four-nerve daisy. It grows in the western United States, in extreme southern Montana, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Wyoming.

Tetraneuris torreyana is a perennial herb up to 15 cm (5.9 in) tall. It forms a branching underground caudex sometimes producing as many as 40 unbranched, above-ground stems. One plant can produce as many as 40 flower heads. Each head has 7–14 yellow ray flowers surrounding 25-150 yellow disc flowers.

Other Tetraneuris plants

Stemless four-nerve daisy · Perkysue · Eastern fournerved daisy · Ives' fournerved daisy · Fineleaf fournerved daisy · Stemmy four-nerve daisy · Turner's four-nerve daisy · Verde four-nerve daisy · Four-nerve daisy

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Tetraneuris torreyana 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.

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