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Verbesina encelioides
Cowpen Daisy
Item #: 3054
Category: Wildflowers
Habit: Annual
Bloom: Apr-Oct
Height: 1-4 feet
Planting Rates:
Rangeland 4 lbs / acre
Lawn & Garden: Packet covers 20 sf D-pak covers 250 sf Lb covers 4,000 sf
Price: 1 pkt. - $3.29 1 dpak. - $24.00
SOIL TYPE |
SUNLIGHT |
Soil Moisture |
Sand |
Loam |
Clay |
Caliche |
Full |
Partial |
Dappled |
Shade |
X |
X |
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X |
X |
X |
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Dry Medium Moist |
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Description
Also known as Golden Crownbeard, the Cowpen daisy is an annual that loves sandy and disturbed soils. It has many branches covered with large yellow blooms. It is one of the larval food plants of the bordered patch butterfly (Chlosyne lacinia).
Leaves of Cowpen Daisy (above)
Cowpen Daisy, San Antonio's unofficial pollinator plant of the year
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