Hairy False Goldenaster
Heterotheca villosa
A low, gray-hairy sprawler that covers itself in small golden daisies from midsummer to frost on the harshest dry, gravelly ground. An unfussy, long-blooming pollinator plant.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–3 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- foundation
- Native states
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, KS, MN, MO, MS, MT, ND, NE, NJ, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY