Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pentzia hesperidum Maire & Wilczek trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N.: 27: 235 (1936) |
Native Range | sw. Morocco to w. Sahara |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | sands and rocks |
Altitude | 0-50m |
Description | very ramose, acerose, leaves shortly silvery pubescent, soon caducous, subsessile, 1-2- pinnatisect, segments short, obtuse, capitula discoid, solitary, 6-12mm |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | shrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (MOR Morocco, WSA Western Sahara) |