Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perityle coronopifolia A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 82 (1853) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2600m |
Description | grey hirsute, leaves shortly petiolate, trilobate or bi- or tripinnatifid, segments linear-filiform, capitula in corymb, involucre campanulate, ligules 8-12, 3-7mm long |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
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Type | subshrub |
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 | Laphamia coronopifolia (A.Gray) Hemsl. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |