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Rafinesquia neomexicana is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family. Common names include Desert Chicory, Plumeseed or New Mexico Plumeseed. Plants are gray-green with sparse foliage and are between 15 and 50 centimeter high. Basal leaves are 5 to 20 centimeter long and pinnate with narrow lobes while leaves further up the stem are smaller. White flowerheads appear at the end of the stems between May and June in the species native range.

Plant type

Annual herb

Size

6 - 19 in Tall

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Color

White

Sun

Full Sun

Soil drainage

Fast

Site type

Gravelly and sandy desert places

Plant communities

Creosote Bush Scrub, Joshua Tree Woodland

Bees
Butterflies

Pollinators supported

5 confirmed and 13 likely

  • Likely

  • Confirmed

Calliopsis puellae

Large-tailed Aphideater

Eupeodes volucris

Heliolonche carolus

Tansy Mustard Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum sisymbrii