Layia platyglossa - (Fisch.&C.A.Mey.)A.Gray.
(Fisch.&C.A.Mey.)A.Gray.
Coastal Tidytips
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Description
Layia platyglossa is a ANNUAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft) at a fast rate. It is frost tender. It is in flower from July to September. The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy) and medium (loamy) soils and prefers well-drained soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It cannot grow in the shade. It prefers dry or moist soil.
Edible Uses
Seed - cooked. It can be used as a piñole, or can be ground into a powder and used with other ground seeds in a mush or porridge..
Distribution
South-western N. America - California.
Where It Grows
NORTHERN AMERICA: United States (California (west)), Mexico (Baja California (Norte))
Cultivation
A fast-growing plant, it succeeds in ordinary garden soils and also in poor soils. It requires a very well-drained soil, preferring to grow on a dry sunny bank. A frost tender annual, it does not thrive in areas with hot humid summers.
Propagation
Seed - sow March/April in a greenhouse. Prick out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and plant them out in early summer. Alternatively, if you have sufficient seed it is possible to sow in situ during April/May.
