Lessingia filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet' (Silver Carpet) - A low growing perennial that reaches to only about 4 inches tall but can get very wide, often listed to 4 feet but our original plants spread to 8 feet. The plant is densely clothed with toothed 1-inch-long soft spoon-shaped silvery-gray leaves that are folded upwards from the middle and have small blunt teeth along the margins. From the late spring through summer into fall appear the attractive 1-inch-wide lavender-pink, yellow-centered, daisy flowers which are particularly attractive to butterflies.

Best in full sun with occasional to infrequent irrigation in sandy or clay soils but tolerates drought and the wind and salt spray of near coastal conditions. A great plant for a small-scale groundcover in rock gardens or on slopes where it can be particularly effective spilling over a rock or wall.