Golden Beeplant
Peritoma platycarpa
Golden beeplant is a Great Basin and Rocky Mountain annual with clusters of bright yellow flowers and flat seed pods, a drought-adapted, sticky-aromatic native and valuable bee plant for hot, dry western ground.
- Family
- Cleomaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.5–1.5 ft
- Spacing
- 0.5–1 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- NV, UT, CO, WY, ID, CA, OR, AZ, NM