Description
Heterotheca – Chrysopsis –
There are about 20 species of clump forming, erect annuals and perennials, in this genus. They occur from dry, sunny sites usually in well drained, sandy soil, in Southern North America. The alternate, simple, ovate to inversely lance shaped are toothed or smooth edged, sometimes softly silver hairy, and usually mid green. Branched stems bear corymbs of daisy like yellow flowers. Grow in a mixed or herbaceous border or in a large rock garden. Species vary in height from about 8″ tall to 5′ feet tall.
Grow in well drained, poor to moderately fertile, sandy or gravelly soil in full sun. Protect from excessive winter moisture. Divide perennials in spring.
H. mariana – Chrysopsis mariana – This softly gray hairy perennial found from New York to Florida and Texas grows 36″ tall and 20″ wide. It produces stolons and both decumbent and erect stems. Basal leaves are spoon shaped to inversely lance shaped, shallowly toothed, and to 8″ long, stem leaves are rounded to elliptic-oblong, smooth edged, and to 1 1/4″ long. From mid summer to early autumn, bears corymbs of yellow flowers, each 1 3/4″ across.
Zones 4-9
