golden crownbeard
Verbesina encelioides
USDA zones2 to 11
SunNeeds full sun (6+ hours)
WaterNeeds dry soil
Size2 to 5 feet tall
- Habit
- Herb
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn
- Bloom color
- Yellow
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Golden crownbeard (Verbesina encelioides) is an annual for borders and low maintenance gardens. This plant likes full sun and dry soil of most types. It grows 24 to 59 inches tall and has silvery green, toothed leaves. Yellow flowers open up to 2 inches across and offer nectar to butterflies and bees, especially late in the season. Deer usually look elsewhere for a meal. It also fills in well on poor, disturbed ground.
Pairs well with Indian blanket, Partridge pea, Purple prairie clover, and Hoary vervain.
Native range
AL, AR, AZ, CA, and 28 more places. See all 32
AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, HI, IA, IL, KS, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MT, NC, ND, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, and WY.