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Tetraneuris argentea Greene trib. Helenieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesTetraneuris argentea Greene trib. Helenieae
BibliographyPittonia 3: 269 (1898)
Native RangeArizona to New Mexico
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks
Altitude1500-3000m
Descriptionbasal leaves spathulate to oblanceolate, densely pilose, stem leaves oblanceolate to linear, entire, capitula 1-7 in corymb, involucre densely hirsute, ligules 10-17mm long
Size5-25cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings in late spring and late summer
SynonymsActinea argentea Kuntze
Actinea leptoclada Kuntze
Actinea scaposa var. trinervata (Greene) Kittel
Actinella argentea A.Gray
Hymenoxys argentea (A.Gray) K.F.Parker
Hymenoxys argentea var. thoreauensis N.D.Atwood & al.
Ptilepida argentea A.Heller
Tetraneuris argentea var. thoreauensis (N.D.Atwood & al.) Bierner & B.L.Turner
Tetraneuris formosa Greene
Tetraneuris leptoclada Greene
Tetraneuris trinervata Greene
Territory7 Northern America
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona)
     77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico)
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