Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
Woolly silver foliage topped by bright yellow daisies on long stalks for most of the year, reseeding into cheerful drifts. One of the longest-blooming and easiest desert wildflowers.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AZ, CA, NM, NV, TX, UT