Yellow Beeplant

Peritoma lutea

Yellow beeplant is a Great Basin annual that lifts showy heads of golden flowers on branching stems, a superb, drought-tolerant nectar and pollen source for native bees in sunny, dry western gardens.

Family: Cleomaceae
Type: wildflower
Lifespan: annual
Height: 1–3 ft
Spacing: 0.5–1 ft apart
Light: sun
Soil moisture: dry
Soil pH: neutral, alkaline
Bloom: May, June, July, August
Bloom colors: yellow
Wildlife value: pollinators, butterflies
Landscape uses: border
Native states: CA, NV, OR, UT