Acmella oleracea
This crazy petal-less daisy from Brazil is an intriguing tropical that produces a cool numbing, tingling, popping sensation like electricity or fizzy candy on your tongue and lips when you eat the button-like flowers. Have fun sampling it in your garden or use it in salads or cocktails for some culinary excitement. Flowers are produced all summer long into fall.
Common Name: Electric Daisy, Toothache Plant
Family: Asteraceae (The Aster Family)
Zone Hardiness: 9b-11
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun
Height: under 4"
Width: 4-8"
Primary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Secondary Bloom Colour: Red
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Annual
Type: Perennial
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Soil Moisture: Average
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Fragrance: No
Berries:
Benefits: Bees
Deer Resistant: Unknown
BC Native: No
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