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Leibnitzia anandria |
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| | No wonder I usually miss the spring bloom - the flowers appear in early April, low to the ground |
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| Common name |
Leibnitz daisy |
| Family |
asteraceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
white (late spring and early fall) |
| Size |
1' tall, 6" wide |
| Light |
full sun-part shade |
| Cultural notes |
average soil |
From seed  |
Easy, at room temperature. Have seen occasional self-seeding in our garden.
Flowers first year from seed sown indoors early.
detailed seed-starting info below
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| Seed ripens | early August |
Interesting plant. From tidy rosettes of serrated leaves, this plant blooms twice a year. The flower buds are pink-tinged, and open to white flowers, followed by fluffy seedheads. What's odd is that the mid-summer bloom seems to proceed directly from closed bud to seedhead - no flowers. The images below show "buds" in two stages of opening.
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| | Seedling, "flowering" in late May |
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| | Early August seedheads |
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. Seed for this plant is included on my seed trade list About my plant portraits
PlantLinks to other web pages about Leibnitzia anandria
Visitors to this page have left the following comments| Irene | Feb 01, 2006 | Thank you for this posted image. Everyone talks about the second stage, fluffy seedheads like cotton and they are actually not. I am pasting a description from www.gardensnorth.com who has them for sale which will explain the two stage mystery:
Unusual perennial native to Asia. Plant is dimorphic (having distinct spring and autumn flowering stages). The flowering you see first year from seed is actually the autumn stage (the seed-producing fluffy white "dandelion type" flower heads). In spring, white daisies appear, rose-pink underneath.
Hope this helps.
Thanks for the information, Irene. It's a fascinating plant. |
- Seed from '01 trade. Baggy 70F (100%G, 4-7d)
- Seed from '07 garden. Baggy 70F (96%G, 7-10d)
- Seed from '09 garden. Baggy 70F (95%G, 6-9d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (70%G, 8-19d)
- Same seed as above. Baggy 70F (no G, 3w)
- Seed from '13 garden. Baggy 70F (60%G, 6-11d)
- Seed from '14 garden. Baggy 70F (100%G, 5-8d)
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