Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Laphamia intricata Brandegee trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 27: 450 (1899) |
Native Range | California to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 800-1700m |
Description | hirsutule, leaves sessile, linear, 3-8mm long, entire, capitula discoid, 2-6, in compact corymb, involucre campanulate, phyllaries linear or lanceolate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow |
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 |
Synonyms | Laphamia megalocephala ssp. intricata (Bradegee) D.D.Keck Monothrix intricata (Brandegee) Rydb. Perityle megalocephala var. intricata (Brandegee) A.M.Powell Perityle intricata (Brandegee) Shinners |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |