Desert Marigold (Baileya multiradiata)

   
 

Fig. 1. Overview of Baileya multiradiata. Photograph by Wynn Anderson. Fig. 2. Flowers, Chihuahuan Desert Gardens. Photograph by A.H. Harris.

• Common English Names: Desert Marigold, Desert Baileya, Wild Marigold, Paper Daisy
• Common Spanish Names: Hierba Amarilla, Telempacate
• Scientific Name: Baileya multiradiata (BAIL-lee-uh mul-tee-ray-dee-AY-tuh)
• Family: Asteraceae (Sunflower Family)
• Geographic Range: California, Nevada, and Utah southeast through Arizona, New Mexico, and western Texas to Chihuahua and Coahuila, Mexico.
• Plant Form: Herbaceous short-lived perennial, 12" x 12".
• Remarks: Long-blooming, daisy-like, golden-yellow flowers up to 2" in diameter held in small mounds of wooly, silver gray-green foliage. Low water, full sun, very well draining soil, hardy. Attracts butterflies and blooms frost to frost.

Last Update: 4 Sep 2002