Desert Sunflower
Geraea canescens
Desert sunflower, one of the plants responsible for a Mojave superbloom — grey-hairy foliage under masses of fragrant yellow daisies. A winter annual keyed entirely to rainfall: sow in autumn, expect nothing in a dry year.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–2.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1.5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- February, March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CA, NV, UT