Texas Gardening: Texas Native Plant Pictures by color ( Yellow ), 1 by htop

htop wrote:
Thrift-leaf Perky Sue, Four-Nerve Daisy, Slender-stem Bitterweed, Plains Hymenoxys (Hymenoxys scaposa), Asteraceae Family, Texas native, perennial, evergreen, everblooming in Central and South Texas

This is an evergreen native Texas perennial that has short tufts of grayish-green, grassy looking foliage that provides a burst of yellow bloom color. It is a low growing plant which bears the blooms on taller stalks. It will bloom about all year in warmer climates. It survived February and March freezes without any damage and kept on blooming. Make sure the soil it is planted in is well drained. The blooms themselves are long lasting. It is an excellent xeriscape plant. Use it as a border or as groupings in the border. Great plant for rock gardens.

For more information, see its entry in the PlantFiles:
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53549/index.html

When the other summer plants are being removed (October), this little guy just keeps on producing small (1.5 inch), but highly noticeable blooms.