Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pectis repens Brandegee trib. Tageteae |
Bibliography | Zoe 5: 241 (1906) |
Native Range | Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems slightly pubescent, leaves fasciculate, 1-2cm long, serrate, mucronate, margins revolute, capitula 1-3, pedunculate, terminal, involucre campanulate, ligules 8mm |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow-purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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Type | perennial |
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 division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXN Mexico Northwest, MXS Mexico Southwest) |