Viguiera multiflora

Viguiera multiflora
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At a glance

Lifecycle
Perennial (hardy)
Exposure
Full sun
Frost limit
−1.1 °C

Cultivation

Requires a sunny position, succeeding in most soils. This species is not very hardy in Britain, though it can be grown here as a spring-sown annual.

Propagation

Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and plant then out after the last expected frosts.

Edible uses

Seed. No further details are given.

Habitat

Dry open areas on foothills and mountains, well up towards the timberline. Yellow pine, aspen and spruce belts.

Native range

South-western N. America - New Mexico, Utah, Nevada and California.

Same genus