Bushsunflower (awnless), “Plateau”
Latin Name : (Simsia calva [Engelm. and Gray] Gray)
Longevity : Perennial
Season : Warm
Origin : Native
Value :
Wildlife – excellent
Livestock –good
Remarks :
Plateau is an upright, multi-branched, spreading
forb 1% to 3 feet tall, which is semi-woody in South
Texas, with a large woody or fleshy taproot. Leaves
are opposite, somewhat triangular in shape with
irregular, shallow lobes or coarse teeth and small
leaf-like appendages at the base. Flowers are composites,
1% to 2 inches across, with 15-20 yellow
rays that are 5-toothed on the end, and yellowish
centers. Fruit is a flattened achene, sometimes with
two awns. There are approximately 330,000 seed per pound.
Plateau is able to establish and
persist ,under droughty conditions and has potential
for inclusion in mixtures for reseeding surfacemined
lands and critically eroded areas.
Source: USDA-NRCS
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