Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Enceliopsis argophylla (D.C.Eaton) A.Nelson trib. Heliantheae |
Synonyms | Tithonia argophylla D.C.Eaton |
Encelia argophylla (D.C.Eaton) A.Gray | |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1500m |
Description | finely silvery hirsute, leaves winged petiolate, broadly elliptic or rhombic, 4-10cm, capitula solitary, phyllaries lanceolate, acuminate, ligules 12-30mm long |
Size | 15-80cm |
Color | dark yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy 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) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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