Clasping Coneflower
Dracopis amplexicaulis
Clasping coneflower is a smooth, blue-green Southern annual with drooping yellow petals around a tall conical brown center, an easy reseeder that thrives in moist clay and seasonally wet ground.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, FL, IL, KS, LA, MO, MS, ND, NM, OK, TX