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Awnless Bush Sunflower

LATIN NAME
Simsia calva

LONGEVITY
Perennial

SEASON
Warm

ORIGIN
Native

DETAILS:

  • Upright, multi-braced, spreading forb 1 to 3 feet tall, which is semi-woody, 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.
  • Able to establish and persist, under droughty conditions and has the potential for inclusion in mixtures for reseeding surface-mined lands and critically-eroded areas.
  • Grows well in sandy loam, caliche, or gravelly sites.

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