Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Packera franciscana (Greene) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Phytologia 49: 46 (1981) |
Native Range | Arizona |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
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 |
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Type | perennial |
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 |
Synonyms | Senecio franciscanus Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) |