Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perityle tenella (M.E.Jones) J.F.Macbr. trib. Heliantheae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-2700m |
Description | loosely strigose, leaves alternate, wide, 5-25mm, with few acute teeth, capitula terminal, solitary or 2-10 in corymb, discoid, 5-10mm across |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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