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
- 1–4 ft
- Spacing
- 1–2 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, butterflies
- Landscape uses
- border
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, FL, HI, MO, NM, OK, SC, TX, UT