Plant in full to part sun in a well-draining soil where this plant tolerates dry conditions along the coast but looks better with occasional irrigation.

We obtained our plants from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden seed collection 96-047 from plants growing in Gran Canon on Cedros Island, Baja California where it was very common in the main wash and on hillsides with Pachycormus discolor, Vigiueria lanata, Rhus lentii, Encelia stenophyllus and Agave sebastiana. The name for the genus honors José Gálvez (1720's–1787), a Spanish administrator. There are 5 species originally in the genus with 2 (G. speciosa and G. juncea) found in the California floristic province and the others in South America or the Galapagos Islands. More recent taxonomical work has transferred these plant into the genus Gambelia, making this plants current name Gambelia juncea. For more information about this name change see our listing for Galvezia speciosa 'Bocarosa'. 

The information about Galvezia juncea that is displayed on this web page is based on research conducted in our nursery's horticultural library and from reliable online resources. We will also include observations made about this plant as it grows in our nursery gardens and other gardens that we have visited, as well how the crops have performed in containers in our nursery field. We also incorporate comments that we receive from others and welcome hearing from anyone with additional information, particularly if they share cultural information that aids others growing this plant.