Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Verbesina nana (A.Gray) B.L.Rob. & Greenm. trib. Heliantheae |
Habitat | semideserts of w. USA |
Altitude | 1000-2000m |
Description | leaves opposite, deltate to rhombic, 3-8cm, dentate, velutinous-strigose, capitula solitary, involucre crateriform, bracts linear to lanceolate, ligules 10-12mm |
Size | 7-15cm |
Color | yellow, orange |
Bloom | spring |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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