Plant · P-349

Pale-Leaved Sunflower

Helianthus strumosus

Pale-Leaved Sunflower is a tall, spreading perennial that blooms yellow through the hottest stretch of summer, right when most other flowering plants for pollinators have finished for the year - and it is specifically flagged as valuable to native bees. It tolerates real shade, unlike most sunflowers, and actually prefers dry ground over wet, holding through a rainless summer without irrigation. It spreads by running roots into a colony rather than staying put, and deer and rabbits mostly leave it alone, so it earns its keep on an unfenced margin where little else survives.