Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata

Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata

Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata

Baileya multiradiata var. multiradiata

Botanical Name: Baileya multiradata var. multiradiata
Common Name: Desert Marigold

Showy yellow flowers provide color in dry rock gardens in summer. Will flower throughout the year with occasional water. Can take morning water in the summer. Recommended for hot, rocky exposures.

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Plant Family: Asteraceae

Plant Type: Annual or Perennial

Height by Width: 2' H x 2' W

Growth Habit: Slender and upright

Deciduous/Evergreen: Evergreen

Growth Rate: Fast

Sun Exposure: Full sun

Soil Preference: Well-draining

Water Requirements: Drought-tolerant to occasional

Cold Hardy to: 15 degrees F

Flower Season: Summer

Flower Color: Yellow

Endangered?: Not Listed

Distribution: Mojave Desert, Baja

Natural Habitat: Creosote scrub, Joshua tree woodlands, deserts, roadsides, flats, washes, hillsides between 1800-5000'

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Theodore Payne Catalog Description

"Desert Sun Ray." Annual or perennial 1 to 1 1/2 feet high. Greyish green woolly stems and foliage. Flowers 1 1/2 inches in diameter, bright yellow, darker in the center and with beautifully ruffled edge.

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