Balduina angustifolia
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Natural Range in Florida
USDA Zones
Suitable to grow in:
10A 10B 8A 8B 9A 9B
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Coastalplain Honeycombhead, Yellow Buttons
Asteraceae (Compositae)
Plant Specifics
| Size: | 2-3 ft tall by 0.5 ft wide | |
| Life Span: | Annual | |
| Flower Color: | Yellow | |
| Phenology: | Annual (efloras.org), but seeds sprout shortly after flowering with a small rosette overwintering to flower in the next summer-fall. | |
| Habitats: | Open, dry sites. Naturally grows in scrub and scrubby flatwoods. |
Landscaping
| Recommended Uses: | Casual wildflower bed, typically to the back as the flower stalks are tall. We recommend treating this like a biennial. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Light: | Full Sun | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Moisture Tolerance: |
always floodedextremely dry |
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| Moisture Tolerance: | Not wet but not extremely dry ----- to ----- Very long very dry periods | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Water Flooding Tolerance: | Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Salt Spray Tolerance: | Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Soil/Substrate: | Sand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wildlife
Attracts a variety of butterflies, including gulf fritillary, for nectar.
Attracts many native insects , especially bees including miner, sweat metalic sweat , resin, leaf-cutter, nomad, long-horned, bumble, and carpenter bees.
The endemic ground-dwelling bee, Hesperapis or balduina bee (Hesperapis oraria), is dependent on this species.
Attracts the non-native but economically important honey bee.