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Cowpen Daisy 
Verbesina encelioides
PLANT EARLY FALL OR MARCH–JUNE
Pollinators fall in love, reliably showing up during hot 
summertime till frost! Grew up in West Texas smellin’ 
Cowpen Daisy after summer monsoons transformed life. 
Cattle won’t eat ‘em, neither will deer. We’d see ‘em in corrals 
where ranchers worked livestock. Bum-named when cowboys 
knew those pens aren’t known to smell good. That doesn’t 
fool the pollinators. Grows across U.S. and northern MX in 
disturbed soils. A food plant of bordered patch butterflies. 
Cutter bees use it too. Let ‘em eat the leaves, watch 
the miracles. Unique Warm season annual, 
extremely drought tolerant, 1-3’ ht. Large 
blooms thrive in sun or shade. 
Easily grown from seed. 

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