Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pectis saturejoides (Mill.) Sch.Bip. trib. Tageteae |
Bibliography | Bot. Voy. Herald [B.Seemann]: 309 (1856) |
Native Range | Mexico to Central America |
Primary Biome | Seasonally Dry Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems leafy, grey hirsute, leaves linear, 1-2cm, sharply acute, minutely hirsute, rather thick, margins revolute, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate, ligules 6mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Inula saturejae Spreng. Inula saturejoides Mill. Lorentea saturejoides (Mill.) Less. Pectis canescens var. villosior J.B.Coult. Pectis polyantha Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (COS Costa Rica, GUA Guatemala, HON Honduras, NIC Nicaragua) |