Prairie Groundsel
Packera plattensis
Prairie groundsel lifts cheerful clusters of yellow daisies over basal rosettes on dry prairies and glades in spring, a tough, deer-resistant early-season pollinator plant.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- biennial
- Height
- 0.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AR, AZ, CO, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, OH, OK, SD, TX, VT, WI, WV, WY