How to Grow and Care for Greeneyes

Another name for chocolate flower (Berlandiera lyrata) is lyreleaf greeneyes. It's named that because its leaves are curved, bringing the shape of a lyre to mind for some, and because the emerald center of the flower could be said to resemble an eye. You can eat the stamens (the flower's reproductive organ where the pollen is manufactured), and they taste like chocolate.

Florida greeneyes is a perennial herb that flourishes in the sandy soils of North American pine savannas. Characterized by its low-growing, ground-hugging rosette of leaves, it produces bright yellow daisy-like flowers with maroon centers. These vibrant blooms, atop slender stems, rise modestly above the foliage, charming pollinators and lending subtle color to its habitat from spring to early summer.

Berlandiera pumila is a North American species of flowering plant in the sunflower family. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States. Berlandiera pumila is a branching herb up to 1 m tall. It has several flower heads with yellow ray florets and maroon disc florets.