A pale green dense mat ground cover with a silver hue that provide happy yellow blooms all Spring and Summer!
Description:
Groundcover shrub densely covered with woolly hairs, grows low with long stems reaching upward.
Stems numerous, bare. Leaves 1/2–3 in. long, linear to oval, pinnately divided or entire.
Flower heads single on stalks, with 8–13 yellow ray flowers or occasionally rayless, many yellow disk flowers.
Grows in many habitats, most often in dry lands with sandy or rocky soils, sometimes along coastal bluffs from near coastline to mid elevations.
Var. achillaeoides has leaves divided like yarrow, while var. integrifolium, the typical Oregon sunshine, has fewer ray flowers, leaves entire or with lobes only at tip end.
Rarity: Common
Flowering Time: All Spring And Summer
Life Cycle: Annual, Perennial
Height: 4--40 inches
Habitat: Coastal, Meadow, Shrub-Steppe
Found In: Olympic Np, Mt. Rainier Np, N Cascades Np, Crater Lake Np, Wallowas, Steens, Siskiyous
Native: Yes
Source: Wildflowers of the Pacific Northwest
Additional resource: Oregon Flora Project