Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perityle hofmeisteria Rydb. trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. 34: 18 (1914) |
Native Range | ne. Mexico (Durango) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems thin, leaves opposite, shortly petiolate, minute, rhombic, entire, 3-6mm, grey strigose, involucre crateriform, bracts oblanceolate, acute, ligules 3-4mm |
Size | 7-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |