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Red Rayed Hulsea
Hulsea heterochroma
  
About Red Rayed Hulsea (Hulsea heterochroma) 1 Nurseries Carry This Plant Hulsea heterochroma is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family known by the common name redray alpinegold. It is native to the southwestern United States where it grows in open habitats. This is an annual or perennial herb growing thick, leafy green stems to maximum heights over one meter. The toothed leaves are 10 to 20 centimeters long. Leaves and stem are covered in hairy hairs. The leafy flower cluster produces many flower heads also completely covered in small hairy hairs. The green, lance-shaped phyllaries are over a centimeter long. The center of the flower head is filled with large yellow disc florets and the edge is fringed with narrow, thready red-orange to reddish pink ray florets each up to a centimeter long. The fruit is a hairy achene 6 to 8 millimeters long.
Plant Description
Plant Type
Plant Type
Perennial herb

Size
Size
3.3 - 5 ft tall

Flower Color
Flower Color
Yellow, Orange, Red

Landscaping Information
Sun
Sun
Full Sun

Moisture
Moisture
Low

Nurseries
Nurseries

Ease of Care
Ease of Care
Moderately Easy

Propagation
Propagation?
For propagating by seed: No treatment; sow in cool months.

Sunset Zones
Sunset Zones?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

Natural Setting
Site Type
Site Type
Open places

Climate
Climate
Annual Precipitation: 5.3" - 87.1", Summer Precipitation: 0.20" - 3.62", Coldest Month: 23.1" - 52.7", Hottest Month: 42.3" - 80.0", Humidity: 1.17" - 31.54", Elevation: 1033" - 11501"

Alternative Names
Common Names: Redray Alpinegold, Redray Hulsea


Sources include: Wikipedia. All text shown in the "About" section of these pages is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Plant observation data provided by the participants of the California Consortia of Herbaria, Sunset information provided by Jepson Flora Project. Propogation from seed information provided by the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden from "Seed Propagation of Native California Plants" by Dara E. Emery. Sources of plant photos include CalPhotos, Wikimedia Commons, and independent plant photographers who have agreed to share their images with Calscape. Other general sources of information include Calflora, CNPS Manual of Vegetation Online, Jepson Flora Project, Las Pilitas, Theodore Payne, Tree of Life, The Xerces Society, and information provided by CNPS volunteer editors, with special thanks to Don Rideout. Climate data used in creation of plant range maps is from PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University, using 30 year (1981-2010) annual "normals" at an 800 meter spatial resolution.

Links:   Jepson eFlora Taxon Page  CalPhotos  Wikipedia  Calflora


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