Stiff Greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium
Stiff greenthread is an airy, ferny-leaved annual that floats golden, brown-centered daisies on wiry stems for months, an easy, drought-tolerant reseeder that brightens sunny, dry meadows and roadsides. The leaves brew into a pleasant tea.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 1–2.5 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, songbirds
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AL, AR, CO, KS, LA, MO, MS, NE, NM, OK, SD, TX, WY