General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 8 to 12 inches
Plant Spread: 8 to 12 inches
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Summer
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Resistances: Drought tolerant
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Botanical names
  • Accepted: Coreopsis californica
  • Synonym: Leptosyne californica

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Date: 2009-03-21
Photographed in the So. Calif. desert in March 2009, growing with

Date: 2009-03-21
Photographed in the So. Calif. desert in March 2009.

Date: 2009-03-21
Photographed in the So. Calif. desert in March 2009.

Date: 2009-03-21
Photographed in the So. Calif. desert in March 2009.
Location: Anza Borrego Desert State Park, California
Date: April
credit: Joe Decruyenaere

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