Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Enceliopsis argophylla A.Nelson trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 47: 433 (1909) |
Native Range | Arizona to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1000-1500m |
Description | finely silvery hirsute, leaves winged petiolate, broadly elliptic or rhombic, 4-10cm, capitula solitary, phyllaries lanceolate, acuminate, ligules 12-30mm long |
Size | 15-80cm |
Color | dark yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Encelia argophylla (D.C.Eaton) A.Gray Helianthella argophylla (D.C.Eaton) A.Gray Tithonia argophylla D.C.Eaton |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada) |