Blackfoot Daisy
Melampodium leucanthum
A neat, long-lived mound that covers itself for months in honey-scented white daisies with golden centers. One of the toughest and tidiest natives for hot, dry, rocky gardens.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–1 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November
- Bloom colors
- white, yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border, naturalizing
- Native states
- AZ, CO, KS, NM, OK, TX