Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Microspermum nummulariifolium Lag. trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Gen. Sp. Pl.: 25 (1816) |
Native Range | c. & sw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves petiolate, ovate, crenate, on base cuneate, glabrous, capitula solitary, pedicellate, involucre subspherical, bracts lanceolate, glandular-pubescent, ligules 5-6mm |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
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 in late spring; cuttings after flowering |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXS Mexico Southwest) |