Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Thymophylla micropoides (DC.) Strother |
Bibliography | Sida 11: 377 (1986) |
Native Range | Texas to ne. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 50-400m |
Description | densely white tomentose, leaves spathulate, 1-2cm, capitula solitary, involucre 6mm high, bracts ovate, ligules 5-6mm long, 2-3mm wide |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Synonyms | Bahia depressa M.E.Jones Dyssodia micropoides (DC.) Loess. Gnaphalopsis micropoides DC. Hymenantherum gnaphalopsis A.Gray Hymenantherum gnaphalodes A.Gray Hymenantherum micopoides (DC.) A.Heller Thymophylla gnaphaloides Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |