Yellow Spiny Daisy – Plant

LATIN NAME
Happlopappus spinulosa (synonym: Machaeranthera spinulosa)

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

• Other common names, “Hoary tansyaster” and “Cutleaf happlopappus”. Not a true aster, true asters will never have yellow flowers.
• Growth 6 to 20 inches
• Flowers May to September
• Very hardy plant; withstands drought quite well.
• Low palatability.
• Adapted to dry, sandy, or gravelly soil of open prairies, pastures, and roadsides.

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