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
- perennial
- Height
- 0.5–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AR, CO, IA, IL, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OK, SD, TX, VA, WI