Chocolate Flower

This incredible native perennial is tough and drought tolerant. Fills the air with the fragrance of chocolate when it opens its flowers in the morning…

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Published Apr 7, 2008 12:04 AM PDT

Plant name: Chocolate Flower

Botanical name: Berlandiera lyrata

Suggested by: Susan Westbrook, Plants of the Southwest (www.plantsofthesouthwest.com)

Virtues: This incredible native perennial is tough and drought tolerant. Fills the air with the fragrance of chocolate when it opens its flowers in the morning.

Flower: Pale yellow flowers with maroon centers.

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