Venegasia carpesioides - Canyon sunflower

Canyon sunflower (Venegasia carpesioides) is a large, drought-tolerant California perennial with succulent foliage and yellow, dahlia-like flowers held almost year-round, growing at the shady edge of oak woodland. It grows about 1 m tall and 0.7-1.5 m wide.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Type

• Herb¹
• Perennial¹

Functions

• Fire resistance²
• Drought-tolerance¹

Dimension	At maturity
Height (m)	1
Diameter (m)	0.7-1.5

Footnotes

1. Venegasia carpesioides, Canyon Sunflower | Las Pilitas Nursery Native Plant Database ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩