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Thelesperma simplicifolium
Also called Edwards Plateau Greenthread
Slender greenthread is a wildflower in the daisy family, native to limestone openings in oak, juniper and desert scrub in Texas and northern Mexico. It is grown mainly as a native wildflower for dry, sunny, well-drained sites.
Thelesperma simplicifolium, commonly known as the slender greenthread, is a perennial, herbaceous, flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It is found from Texas and Mexico in openings in oak or juniper woodlands or on desert scrub.
Thelesperma simplicifolium is native to the United States (Texas, New Mexico) and Mexico (Chihuahua,Coahuila, Nuevo León, Tamaulipas). The species can also be encountered as a waif (a non-established introduced plant) in California, where it is used in roadside plantings.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Thelesperma simplicifolium 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.
