Golden Crownbeard
Verbesina encelioides
Golden crownbeard is a fast, gray-green native annual covered in bright yellow daisies through the warm season, an easy, drought-tolerant reseeder and steady nectar source for hot, dry, sunny ground.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, KS, LA, MA, MD, MO, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, WY