Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perityle jaliscana A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 22: 431 (1887) |
Native Range | ne. & sw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems strigose, on base ramose, leaves opposite, petiolate, deltate or rhombic, 5-15mm, dentate, punctate, capitula in corymb, involucre crateriform, ligules absent |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | whitish |
Bloom | spring, 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, MXS Mexico Southwest) |