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Lazy Daisy

Aphanostephus skirrhobasis

Other common name(s):

Arkansas Lazy Daisy, Arkansas Doze-daisy

Family:

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Plant Ecoregion Distribution Map

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Central Great Plains, Cross Timbers, East Central Texas Plains, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, High Plains, Southern Texas Plains, Southwestern Tablelands, Texas Blackland Prairies, Western Gulf Coastal Plain
Broken Red Plains, Limestone Plains, Red Prairie
Carbonate Cross Timbers, Eastern Cross Timbers, Grand Prairie, Limestone Cut Plain, Western Cross Timbers
Bastrop Lost Pines, Floodplains and Low Terraces2, Northern Post Oak Savanna, Northern Prairie Outliers, San Antonio Prairie, Southern Post Oak Savanna
Balcones Canyonlands, Edwards Plateau Woodland, Llano Uplift
Coastal Sand Plain, Floodplains and Low Terraces4, Laguna Madre Barrier Island and Coastal Marshes, Lower Rio Grande Alluvial Floodplain, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Mid-Coast Barrier Islands and Coastal Marshes, Northern Humid Gulf Coastal Prairies, Southern Subhumid Gulf Coastal Prairies, Texas-Louisiana Coastal Marshes
Arid Llano Estacado, Llano Estacado, Rolling Sand Plains, Shinnery Sands
Northern Nueces Alluvial Plains, Rio Grande Floodplain and Terraces, Semiarid Edwards Bajada, Texas-Tamaulipan Thornscrub
Caprock Canyons Badlands Breaks, Flat Tablelands and Valleys, Semiarid Canadian Breaks
Floodplains and Low Terraces1, Northern Blackland Prairie, Southern Blackland Prairie
Flatwoods

Plant Characteristics

Growth Form

Herbaceous

Height

1
to
2
ft.

Spread

.5
to
1
ft.

Leaf Retention

Deciduous

Lifespan

Annual

Habitat and Care Requirements

Soil Type(s)

Sand, Loam, Caliche, Well Drained, Dry

Light Requirement

Sun

Water Requirement

Very Low, Low

Native Habitat

Grassland

Bloom and Attraction

Bloom Color

White, Purple

Bloom Season

Spring, Summer, Fall

Seasonal Interest

Nectar, Pollen, Flowers

Wildlife Benefit

Butterflies, Bees

Maintenance

It’s common name ‘Lazy Daisy’ comes from it’s habit of waiting until midday to open it’s flowers. It is a very hardy flower and drought tolerant. Native habitat: grasslands, meadows, pastures, savannahs, and edges of woodlands. In the garden it grows into a low colorful mound of white blossoms, which works well in the front of beds or dotted amongst low growing grasses. It is good at self seeding so it can stick around in your beds for many years. Plants are not common in nurseries but seeds are commercially available. Propagation: seed.

Comments

Blooms March-November. Mound to sprawling forming. Stems and leaves have soft hairs. Lower leaves narrow and sharply toothed, the upper ones smooth. The white blossoms are pink on the underside, one flower to a stem. Flowers with yellow-orange disc flowers in the center and white outer ray flowers. The fruit is a cypsela: a dry, one-seeded fruit, usually topped by pappus.

References

1) Griffith, Bryce, Omernick & Rodgers (2007). Ecoregions of Texas. 2) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=APSK. 3) https://portal.torcherbaria.org/portal/taxa/index.php?taxon=Aphanostephus+skirrhobasis&formsubmit=Search+Terms. 4) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=2106&locationType=County&mapType=Normal. 5) Wasowski and Wasowski, Native Texas Plants Landscaping Region by Region, 1991, pg 144. 6) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=36543#null, 7) https://seedsource.com/lazy-daisy/, 8) https://ccag.tamu.edu/extension/rangeland-habitat-management/neighborhood-plants/. 9) https://ecogardenok.com/ecolandscaping/aphanostephus-skirrhobasis-lazy-daisy/
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