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stiff greenthread
Thelesperma filifolium
Fort Collins
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. to 8.0 in.
Spread: 4.0 in.; (or less) to 4.0 in. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Plains
- Season of Bloom
- June, July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Readily Seeds
- Design Considerations
- Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant, Lifespan
- Duration
- Annual
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Rocky, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Blooms in large groups in natural habitat.
This is an important adult food host for many of our native invertebrates.