Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Nicolletia trifida Rydb. trib. Calenduleae |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. 34(2): 180 (1915) |
Native Range | nw. Mexico (Baja California) |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | stems glabrous, ramose, leaves alternate, pinnate, segments 3-5, linear, mucronate, capitula solitary, phyllaries llinear-lanceolate, acuminate, ligules ca. 8mm long |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | pink-red |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |