San Diego County Viguiera, Bahiopsis laciniata

About San Diego County Viguiera (Bahiopsis laciniata) 15 Nurseries Carry This Plant

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Bahiopsis laciniata is a native shrub of the Aster family that is restricted to coastal southern California and northern Baja. It is very floriferous and blooms over most of the year. It is known by the common names San Diego Sunflower and Tornleaf Goldeneye. It is native to the dry mesas, canyons and mountain slopes as part of chaparral and coastal sage scrub. It is a hairy, resinous shrub growing to a maximum height well over one meter. The leaves have lance-shaped blades up to 5 centimeters long which are glandular and shiny with resin. The blades have smooth or shallowly toothed edges which are sometimes rolled under or crinkled, producing a torn appearance. The inflorescence is a solitary sunflower-like flower head or cyme of several heads. The flower head has several yellow ray florets measuring 6 millimeters to over a centimeter long. The fruit is an achene tipped with a pappus.

Plant Description

Plant Type

Shrub

Size

1.6 - 3.3 ft tall
3 - 4 ft wide

Form

Mounding

Growth Rate

Fast

Dormancy

Evergreen

Fragrance

Slight

Flower Color

Yellow

Flowering Season

Winter, Spring, Summer

Wildlife Supported

Hummingbirds and insects and attracted to the flowers
Butterfly gardens

Butterflies & moths hosted ( 3 likely * ) SHOW ALL

California Patch Chlosyne californicaChlosyne californica

Bordered Patch Chlosyne laciniaChlosyne lacinia

Alfalfa Looper Moth Autographa californicaAutographa californica

Landscaping Information

Sun

Full Sun

Moisture

Very Low

Summer Irrigation

Max 1x / month once established

Nurseries

Carried by 15

Ease of Care

Very Easy

Soil Drainage

Fast, Medium, Slow

Soil Description

Tolerant of a variety of soils as long as drainage is adequate. Soil PH: 6.0 - 8.0

Common uses

Butterfly Gardens, Bee Gardens

Companion Plants

Woolly bluecurls, Scarlet Bugler, Cleveland Sage, California Encelia, Mojave Yucca, Mimulus sp, Manzanita sp, Ceanothus sp,

Maintenance

Prune to shape when not in bloom

Propagation?

For propagating by seed: No treatment.

Natural Setting

Site Type

Dry slopes, canyons and mesas

Climate

Annual Precipitation: 9.7" - 23.9", Summer Precipitation: 0.19" - 1.63", Coldest Month: 41.5" - 56.5", Hottest Month: 69.0" - 80.0", Humidity: 1.14" - 25.43", Elevation: 13" - 3511"

Alternative Names

Botanical Names: Viguiera laciniata
Common Names: San Diego Sunflower, Torhleaf Goldeneye, Tornleaf Goldeneye

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Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links: Jepson eFlora Taxon Page CalPhotos Wikipedia Calflora

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