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Asteraceae
Brazilian Button Flower
Centratherum punctatum
Cheerful resilience.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Centratherum
- Native to
- Brazil, South America
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer, Fall
- Type
- annual
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- moist, well-drained, fertile
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 9-11
- Lifespan
- annual (perennial in tropics)
Did you know
- Each flower head looks like a small purple button, blooming continuously from spring through the first frost.
- It self-sows readily in warm climates, returning year after year without replanting.
- Butterflies are strongly attracted to it, making it a staple of tropical butterfly gardens.
- The plant was relatively unknown outside South America until the 1990s when it gained popularity as a bedding annual.
- It tolerates both drought and humidity, making it adaptable from Arizona deserts to Florida's tropical moisture.
Color meanings
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cheerfulness
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persistence
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lightheartedness