Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pectis longipes A.Gray trib. Tageteae |
Bibliography | Smithsonian Contr. Knowl. 5(6): 69 (1853) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 900-1700m |
Description | stems basally densely leafy, glabrous, leaves linear, mucronate, thickish, 3cm long, capitula solitary, terminal, pedunculate, involucre campanulate, ligules 6-8mm |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
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) |