Pincushion Daisy

Pincushion Daisy at Taylor Street Farms in San Jose


Pincushion Daisies or Gaillardia suavis are a perennial flower. It is a reddish-brown disk flower with yellow to orange or red rays. They mostly grow in the soils of prairies, desert scrub, and juniper woodlands and bloom in the spring or summer. And the flowers attract butterflies and bees. The flowers occur in arid northeastern Mexico and in the US from Texas north to Kansas.


Colorful Salt Pond

Alviso Slough Trail at Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge in San Jose