Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perityle congesta (M.E.Jones) Shinners trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Southw. Naturalist 4: 204 (1959) |
Native Range | Arizona |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 900-2700m |
Description | scabrous-strigose, leaves alternate, small, petiolate, elliptic to ovate, sometimes irregularly dentate, capitula terminal, discoid, in small fascicles |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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 |
Synonyms | Laphamia congesta M.E.Jones Monothrix congesta Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) |