General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Plant Height: 12 to 18 inches
Leaves: Deciduous
Fragrant
Other: Leaves are varieable in shape and covered in short white hairs, giving a silvery appearance.
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color: White with a narrow yellow band at the base; discs are greyish-purple.
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Flower Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Underground structures: Taproot
Uses: Erosion control
Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Blue Eyed African Daisy
  • African Daisy

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2018-07-27
Location: Gardnerville, Nevada
Date: 2017-08-12
Location: Towson, MD
Location: Gardnerville, Nevada
Date: 2017-08-02
Location: Gardnerville, Nevada
Date: 2017-08-05
Closes up at night, pearly purple underneath!
Location: Winter Park, Colorado
Date: summer 2017
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2019-02-02

Date: 2012-12-04
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cambridge University Botanic Garden
Date: June
credit: Magnus Manske
Location: Cheyenne, Wyoming
Date: 2020-04-23
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Plant Events from our members
MrsBinWY On April 22, 2020 Seeds germinated
2
MrsBinWY On April 12, 2020 Seeds sown
3 pots with 3 seeds each from 2019G
MrsBinWY On April 25, 2019 Potted up
25 (way too many for a milk jug -- better to stick with 16 seeds)
MrsBinWY On February 11, 2019 Seeds germinated
1; 12 or 13 up on 2-13-19; 24 up on 2-16-19
MrsBinWY On February 2, 2019 Seeds sown
25 seeds from 2018G in milk jug @ medium-warm room temp
MrsBinWY On June 3, 2018 Transplanted
On 6-3-2019, planted 7 in the "annual bed" (inside fence, near the ash pit).
MrsBinWY On March 31, 2018 Potted up
13 (roots all over everywhere!)
MrsBinWY On February 27, 2018 Seeds germinated
1; 6 up on 3-1-18
MrsBinWY On February 8, 2018 Seeds sown
medium-warm room temp; 16 seeds from KelliW
KelliW On February 24, 2019 Seeds sown
#45, winter sown
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