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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Plant Height: 10-20 inches
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Yellow
Flower Time: Summer
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Cut Flower
Dried Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Butterflies
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: Germinates in 2-3 weeks at 65-70 degrees F.
Days to germinate: Germinates in 2-3 weeks at 65-70 degrees F.
Depth to plant seed: Barely cover
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Awards and Recognitions: Other: 2004 Plant Select Winner

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Common names
  • Chocolate Daisy
  • Lyreleaf Greeneyes
  • Chocolate Flower
  • Green-Eyed Lyre Leaf

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Location: Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis
Date: 2023-07-23
Location: Southern Michigan
Date: 2015-10-25
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-08-01
Uploaded by Southamerica
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-05-01
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-05-01
back of petals
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2016-07-02
Uploaded by Southamerica
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: April 2008
Chocolate Daisy
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-09-16
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2017-07-06
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: June 2009
Chocolate Daisy
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-10-26
These took 5 days to germinate.
Location: Frederick, MD
Date: 2008-11-02
Location: IL
Date: 2010-09-08
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-04-22
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2015-11-25
First true leaves.
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-04-27
hairy flower stem and sepals
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: Summer 2012
These  flowers are beautful.
Location: Plano, TX
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-06-03

Courtesy Outsidepride
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Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2019-02-14
Location: Northeastern, Texas
Date: 2018-04-04
New seedlings
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-08-19
Zone 9b. This single plant sprawls to six feet year after year wi
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-04-10

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-05-20
Blooms May to December here in 9b. This plant is from High Countr
Location: Medina, TN
Date: Summer
The red pattern on the backs of the petals shows through to the f

 Photo Courtesy of Select Seeds. Used with permission.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2017-05-05
Seedlings from wintersowing.
Location: My yard in Arlington, Texas.
Date: Winter 2012
New plant in winter.
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-08-29
The "Green-Eyes" are turning brown but there are still blooms too
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-07-06
The seed cup looks like a flower.
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-03-29
Location: MOBOT -   St Louis
Date: 9-29-09
Location: RHS Harlow Carr alpine house, Yorkshire
Date: 2017-06-17

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo Courtesy of Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Used with permissio
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by BookerC1 (Mackinaw, IL - Zone 5a) on Jan 10, 2012 6:31 PM concerning plant:
    Information from Chocolate Flower Farm seeds:
    Golden-yellow flowers with brown/green centers have a delicious chocolate fragrance, especially in the morning. Drought tolerant Southwest native. Attracts butterflies, beneficial insects, and chocolate lovers to your garden. Seed heads are attractive in dried arrangements. Also called Chocolate Daisy and Green Eyes (because centers are green when flowers temporarily droop in afternoon heat.)

    Sow outside in spring after average frost when soil temperatures are warm.

    Sow inside 6-8 weeks before last frost date. Barely cover the seeds. Germinates in 2-3 weeks at 65-70 degrees. Hardy in zones 5-10.
  • Posted by critterologist (Frederick, MD - Zone 6b) on Apr 12, 2012 4:23 PM concerning plant:
    Easy to grow from seed by winter sowing. The flowers really do have a sweet scent that reminds me exactly of a freshly-opened chocolate easter egg!
  • Posted by clintbrown (Medina, TN - Zone 7b) on Feb 23, 2013 10:21 PM concerning plant:
    Smells just like chocolate!
  • Posted by KFredenburg (Black Hills, SD - Zone 5a) on Jun 21, 2020 2:02 PM concerning plant:
    The genus name honors Jean-Louis Berlandier, a French-Swiss physician who collected plants in northern Mexico and Texas in the early 1800's. A chocolate odor may be detected when the rays are plucked from the head.
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