Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Packera franciscana (Greene) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Senecio franciscanus Greene |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 3200-3800m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, lyrate or ovate to orbiculate, 1-2cm, dentate, glabrous, stem leaves smaller, sessile, capitula 1-6 in compact cyme, involucre purple |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring or fall; cuttings after flowering |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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