Asteraceae
Senecio integerrimus var. major
Senecio integerrimus var. major var. major
Also known as Senecio lugens var. megacephalus, Senecio mendocinensis, Senecio eurycephalus var. major, Senecio whippleanus
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Groundsel · Native · Wildflower · Western · Meadow · Perennial · Yellow Flowers · Senecio · California Native · Naturalized
This western groundsel variety is a native wildflower suited to open meadows, slopes, and naturalized garden settings in California, Nevada, and Oregon. Provide partial sun to full sun with well-drained soil and moderate, consistent moisture during its spring growing season. It is best used in native plant gardens where it can naturalize with minimal intervention.
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
- California, Nevada, Oregon
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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