Life Cycle: Annual or Biennial
Soil Moisture: Dry, sandy, well draining upland, scrubby woods, sandhill, dunes, requires excellent drainage
Sun Exposure: Full sun to minimal high pine shade
Height: 3’+ when blooming
Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Summer to late fall
Fauna: Attractive to pollinators
Planting Considerations: Consider planting with Sandhill wireweed (Polygonum nesomii), Black seeded needle grass (Piptochaetium avenaceum), Splitbeard bluestem (Andropogon ternarius), Wild buckwheat (Eriogonum tomentosum), Pityopsis sp., Scrub blazing star (Liatris tenuifolia), and Clusterleaf blazing star (Liatris laevigata).
Field Notes: Sunny yellow ray florets surround orange disks that resemble honeycomb when they’ve become mature seed heads. Honeycomb head completes its life cycle in one or two years. If it is to continue in the landscape by reseeding, it will need bare, open sandy areas to do so.
