Balduina angustifolia

coastalplain honeycombhead, yellow buttons

Asteraceae (Compositae)

Plant Specifics

Form:

flower

Size:

2-3 ft tall by 0.5 ft wide

Life Span:

annual

Flower Color:

yellow

Fruit Color:

Phenology:

Annual (efloras.org), but seeds sprout shortly after flowering with a small rosette overwintering to flower in the next summer-fall.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Casual wildflower bed, typically to the back as the flower stalks are tall.  We recommend treating this like a biennial.

Considerations:

Not drought tolerant.

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Not wet but not extremely dry ---- to ---- Very long very dry periods

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Suitable to Grow In:

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators, Butterflies

Attracts a variety of butterflies, including gulf fritillary, for nectar.


Attracts many native  insects , especially bees including miner, sweat, resin, leaf-cutter, nomad, long-horned, bumble and carpenter bees.


The endemic ground-dwelling bee, Hesperapis or balduina bee ( Hesperapis oraria ), is dependent on this species.


Attracts the non-native but economically important honey bee.

Native Habitats:

Open, dry sites. Naturally grows in scrub and scrubby flatwoods.