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Cotula hispida |
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| The tufts stay just as cute and fuzzy in winter |
Family |
asteraceae |
Life cycle |
perennial |
Flowers |
yellow (late spring) |
Size |
6" |
Light |
sun |
Cultural notes |
well-drained garden soil (not too dry) |
From seed |
unsure of best procedure - see below detailed seed-starting info below
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Seed ripens | early July |
The small tufts of soft feathery silver foliage remind me of silver mound artemisia. In late spring, button-like yellow flowers emerge on stilt-like stalks that are so disproportionately high above the foliage that they appear to hover unattached. Quite the interesting little plant!
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| A winter close-up |
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This plant used to grow in our garden, but it slipped away... One or more images of this plant are included in my stock photo catalog About my plant portraits
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Visitors to this page have left the following commentsClaudie | Feb 06, 2010 | Is it the same as Cotula lineariloba ? I don't believe so. While GRIN doesn't recognize either species the RHS horticultural database lists them separately. |
Gerald Atherton | Jul 06, 2010 | I bought one Cotula Hispida plant from the local garden centre two years ago but they do not appear to sell them now. Any idea where I can by further plants or how to grow from seeds? You may be able to find plants for sale at alpine specialty nurseries. Starting from seed is possible too: just collect the seedheads when they've gone dry and brown, and crush them. I don't try to separate seed from chaff, or even identify what the seeds are. Just spread some of the crushed material over the top of a pot with potting soil, set in light, and seedlings will appear. They are tiny and slow-growing, so I start them in early- to mid-winter, to have transplantable seedlings by late spring. |
Jane | Jun 22, 2011 | Hi
Can Cotula hispida cope with acid soil? |
Dan | Jan 21, 2012 | I have grown Cotula hispida for many years.
It is quite easy to propagate from cuttings for me and I would be happy to send out small plants either as a trade or for postage.
You can reach me via Dave's Garden -- go to the plant info page for Cotual hispida. |
Tom | Jun 23, 2014 | Can Cotula hispida cope with cats walking and sleeping on it as i have one in a terracotta pot and my cat likes to sit on it, so i would like to make a cat garden for my two cats with Cotula hispida for the lawn. Any suggestions.
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Dee | Jul 25, 2021 | I have planted the Cotula Hispida plant, but am having trouble keeping it alive. I am in Zone 9b. First, I found out it doesn't like to get its feet wet, so I bought some more to replace the ones that were dying, but haven't heard from the Nursery in a very long time, so I don't know if the Nursery cannot get them or what. I, also, added a pea gravel. However, it is Summertime in California and it's doing worse than ever. Of course, we've had extremely hot days, with some milder temps in between. I really LOVE this little plant:eg:the silvery foliage and the little flowers, which I call my Alien Plant. HELP! What is happening to my little plants, now?
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- Seed from '01 trade. Baggy 70F with light (no G).
- Same seed as above. Pot set outside mid-January. A few G by mid-May
- Seed from '04 garden. Baggy 70F with light (2%G, 3d)
- Seed from '08 garden. Crushed ~15 seedheads and placed entire contents in baggy under light. ~20 germinated, 1-2 w)
I think there are precious few viable seeds in this little plant's spent flowers. They are small, viability is hard to judge by appearance.
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