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Asteraceae
Chocolate Flower
Berlandiera lyrata
Sweet delight.
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Berlandiera
- Native to
- Southwestern United States, Mexico
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer, Fall
- Type
- perennial herb
- Height
- 1-2 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- rocky, well-drained, alkaline soil
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 4-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The flowers emit a rich chocolate scent, especially in the morning, which intensifies when the spent ray florets are removed.
- The genus is named after Jean-Louis Berlandier, a French-Swiss botanist who explored Texas and Mexico in the 1820s.
- Chocolate flower is extremely drought-tolerant and thrives in the limestone soils of the Texas Hill Country.
- The dried seed heads have a green, cocoa-like fragrance and are sometimes used in potpourri.
- Despite smelling like chocolate, the plant is not related to cacao and has no culinary use as a chocolate substitute.
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