Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perityle rotundifolia (Benth.) Brandegee trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Zoe 4: 210 (1893) |
Native Range | nw. Mexico (Baja California) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems densely glandular-pubescent, basal leaves opposite, the upper alternate, petiolate, thick, ovate or orbiculate, dentate, glandular, capitula few in corymb, ligules 8mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, early 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 | Amauria rotundifolia Benth. Laphamia peninsularis Greene Perityle fitchii Torr. ex A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) 79 Mexico |