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© Ernie Marx
showy goldeneye
Heliomeris multiflora var. multiflora
Colorado
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. to 4.0 ft.
Spread: 1.0 ft. to 2.0 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous, Subshrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July, August, September
- Flower Color
- Yellow Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- No City Data
- Design Considerations
- Container Friendly, Small Spaces, Showy Flowers
- Other Considerations
- Deer Tolerant
- Duration
- Perennial
- Soil Type
- Variable, Well Drained
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America recognizes three varieties of H. multiflora, all native to the U.S. Variety brevifolia is found in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Varieties multiflora and nevadensis are both found in Colorado. Variety nevadensis is found primarily in the southwestern states and multiflora is found primarily in the Rocky Mountain states. Important larval food host for seven specialist butterflies and adult food host for twelve bee, and twenty-seven specialist butterfly species.
Sometimes grown as an annual, could be used in containers.