General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Vine
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 6b
Leaves: Glaucous
Spring ephemeral
Flowers: Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Other methods: Stolons and runners: gowdcomhdnsteSu ra iit
Miscellaneous: Monoecious
Conservation status: Vulnerable (VU)
Ploidy: Hexaploid

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Common names
  • Common Everlasting
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Chrysocephalum apiculatum
  • Synonym: Helichrysum apiculatum

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