Golden Bartonia

Did you know

• The satiny golden flowers glisten in sunlight as if coated with metallic paint.
• Originally named Bartonia aurea, the plant was reclassified but the old name persists in common usage.
• The flowers open in the evening and are fragrant at night to attract moth pollinators.
• The leaves and stems are covered with tiny barbed hairs that cling tenaciously to clothing and fur.
• It thrives in the poorest, driest soils of California's coastal hills where little else will grow.

Color meanings

Uses

• wildflower garden
• dried flower arrangements
• native plant restoration