Many-wings

Not readily available from nurseries but said to be easy to grow.

Palafoxia feayi is a related species, also beautiful, but harder to row and even less available.  It is associated with the scrubs of the central peninsula.



Since this gets tall, plant it at the rear of a wildflower garden. Individual stems are narrow, but older specimens can have multiple stems. Blooms in mid-fall with blooms concentrated at the tops of the stems.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Dry or scrubby flatwoods and , coastal hammocks. Common after fire.

• Showy flowers
• Attracts bees, butterflies and moths. 
• Said to attract scarab beetles.