Asteraceae
Senecio integerrimus var. integerrimus
Senecio integerrimus var. integerrimus var. integerrimus
Also known as Senecio perplexus, Senecio perplexus var. dispar, Cacalia integerrima
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Groundsel · Native · Wildflower · Great Plains · Prairie · Perennial · Yellow Flowers · Senecio · Pollinator · Plains Native
Columbia groundsel is a native perennial wildflower with a broad range across the Great Plains and interior western North America, making it one of the more widespread groundsel varieties. It thrives in partial sun with average, well-drained soil and regular moisture through the spring blooming season. Plant it in native prairie restorations or pollinator gardens where its cheerful yellow flowers will attract bees and butterflies.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately, keeping soil evenly moist but not waterlogged · Every 7-10 days during active growth
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.5–8.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 18 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yellow
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alberta, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Manitoba, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Wyoming
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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