Category: Perennial
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Ratibida
species: pinnata
Origin:
Size: 0 (min) to 0 (max)
Size Description:
Notes:
Plant type: North America native perennial
Height x width: 3 to 5 feet tall and 1.5 feet wide
Growth habit: Upright, finely-branched
Foliage: Alternate, pinnately-divided, up to 5 inches long with stiff trichomes
Flowers: Long-blooming (June to August), composite flowers with yellow ray flowers surrounding a dull-gray central disk in the shape of an elongated cylinder (1 inch long) as long as or longer than the ray flowers. Flowers are borne on long pedicels
Culture: Full sun, well-drained soil, but will tolerate clay or sandy soils. Tolerates poor, dry soils.
Uses: Perennial border, meadow or native plant garden. Best massed because individual plants are narrow and somewhat sparsely leafed
Propagation: Seed, division
Cultivars: straight species. Also, ‘Red Midget’is a well-branched, 15 inch dwarf with yellow edged red petals
Notes courtesy of Sue Trusty.
Characteristics: Recommended Dry Soil Tolerant Native Rain Garden

Availability:		Some Availability
Full Sun Tolerance:		Performs Well	See other plants that like full sun.
Part Shade Tolerance:		Lower Than Average Performance
Deep Shade Tolerance:		Does Not Perform Well

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