General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4a -34.4 °C (-30 °F) to -31.7 °C (-25 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Plant Height: 6 to 8 inches
Plant Spread: 12 to 16 inches
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Other: Blooms repeatedly
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: 1"-2"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Late fall or early winter
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Groundcover
Will Naturalize
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Tip

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Common names
  • Four-Nerve Daisy
  • Plains Yellow Daisy
  • Plains Hymenoxys
  • Slender-Stem Bitterweed
  • Perky Sue
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Tetraneuris scaposa
  • Synonym: Hymenoxys scaposa

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Location: Bruneau Dunes, Idaho
Date: 2019-05-07
#pollination
Location: My Garden
Date: 2019-03-01
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2015-05-30
with Salvia 'Blauhugel'
Location: The Black Hills, SD
Date: 5/24/2022
Grows natively
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2014-06-22
fresh and faded blooms plus seedheads
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-04-03
Location: Oregon City, OR, zone 8
Date: 2024-07-17
Location: Atlanta BG
Date: Aug 16
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-03-11
It's been blooming all winter, despite a few bitterly cold days.
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: Spring 2011
This plant is evergreen and blooms continuosly.
Location: All pictures taken in/on my gardens/greenhouse/property
Date: 2019-02-27
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18
Location: Medina Co., Texas
Date: March 3, 2012
Bitterweed or Four-Nerve Daisy
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Ft Worth Botanic, Tx
Date: 2017-11-18
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-05-19
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-03-19
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2018-03-19
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-03-21
Location: Fielder House Butterfly garden Arlington, Texas.
Date: 2012-02-22
Close up of flower.
Location: Plano, TX
Date: 2017-04-03
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Comments:
  • Posted by Johannian (The Black Hills, SD - Zone 4b) on May 24, 2022 7:30 PM concerning plant:
    This grows natively in the Black Hills.
  • Posted by TexasPlumeria87 (Plano, TX - Zone 8a) on May 23, 2017 11:33 AM concerning plant:
    So far this plant has done well in my xeric spot surrounded by Wright's skullcap, Blackfoot daisy, and American agave. It's been blooming non-stop on very little water. It's in a raised bed since I have clay soil in a mix of pine bark fines, coarse sand, and decomposed granite.
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chelle On April 13, 2015 Transplanted
Rock garden, W end center, middle tier
chelle On April 7, 2015 Obtained plant
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