Lessingia filaginifolia'Silver Carpet'

flower close-up: Pete Veilleux, East Bay Wilds

A resilient & rugged California native groundcover that attracts butterflies from far & wide! Lessingia filaginifolia (A.K.A. Corethrogyne filaginifolia, or Aster filaginifolia, or Aplopappus haenkei – this plant has a huge number of names floating around) has violet purple flowers in late Spring & forms a soft, dense silver mat up to 4’ wide. It’s a low growing 1-4” high, great for weed smothering. Thrives in clay or sand & takes a lot of drought, as well as salt spray. If kept Summer dry, expect the plant to go deciduous, as many of our native plants do.

Anni J.
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