Data provided by the participants of the Consortium of California Herbaria

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Baileya multiradiata is a species of sun-loving wildflower native to western North America, especially the US desert southwest and northern Mexico. It is an annual or perennial clumping patch of silvery-green foliage which bears many tall, naked stems, each topped with a bright yellow marigoldlike flower. The bloom loses its ray florets early, leaving behind a nodding stalk holding the disc florets where the seeds develop. In the garden give it fast drainage, not too much water and lots of surface rocks (no organic mulch or fertilizer). It is somewhat short-lived as a perennial but readily re-seeds itself if conditions are right.

Plant type

Annual herb, Perennial herb

Size

2 ft Tall
1 ft Wide

Dormancy

Summer Semi-deciduous, Winter Semi-deciduous

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Color

Yellow

Flowering season

Spring, Summer

Special uses

Containers, Deer resistant

Sun

Full Sun

Water

Low, Very Low

Summer irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Ease of care

Moderate

Cold tolerance

Tolerates cold to 5° F

Soil drainage

Fast

Soil description

Typically sandy and/or rocky.
Soil PH: 7.0 - 9.0

Propagation

For propagating by seed: No treatment.

Sunset Zones

7, 8, 9, 10*, 11*, 12*, 13*, 14, 18*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22, 23

Site type

Desert, flats, washes, slopes and inland valleys

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland

Works well with other plants of desert or arid areas, including Creosote Bush (Larrea tridentata), Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia), Desert Lavender (Condea emoryi), Chuparosa (Justicia californica), Desert Agave (Agave deserti), California Fan Palm (Washingtonia filifera), Smoke Tree (Psorothamnus spinosus), Desert Willow (Chilopsis linearis), Jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis), and various cactus species

Bees
Caterpillars
Butterflies

Butterflies and moths supported

0 confirmed and 1 likely

Confirmed Likely