Chocolate Flower
Berlandiera lyrata
Yellow daisies with maroon-backed rays that genuinely smell of chocolate, strongest in the cool morning air. A charming, long-blooming, drought-tough prairie-and-desert wildflower. The leaves and flowers have documented food/flavoring use, with a scent reminiscent of chocolate.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 1–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CO, KS, NM, OK, TX