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Asteraceae
Tilesia baccata
Tilesia baccata
Also known as Verbesina oppositifolia, Coreopsis baccata, Tilesia, Pascalia baccata
Tropical Plants · Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Tropical · South American Native · Rare · Daisy Family · Asteraceae · Perennial · Wildlife Habitat · Subtropical · Specialist Plant · Berries
Tilesia baccata is a rare tropical perennial from South America that grows best in warm, humid conditions with partial shade and consistently moist, well-drained soil. It produces daisy-like yellow flowers and small berries that attract birds and pollinators in its native habitat. This specialist plant is best suited to tropical or subtropical gardens, or warm greenhouse cultivation in cooler climates.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water thoroughly and allow the top inch of soil to dry between waterings · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.8–7.3
- Temperature
- 50°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 10a-12b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 36 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Argentina Northeast, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil South, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Leeward Is., Malaya, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle
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