Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Perityle ciliata (L.H.Dewey) Rydb. trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 34(1): 17 (1914) |
Native Range | Arizona |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1100-2500m |
Description | densely shortly hirsute, leaves ovate-rhombic, entire to serrate, capitula in corymb, involucre campanulate, phyllaries linear-lanceolate, ligules 6-10, 4-6mm long |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
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 ciliata Bot. Gaz. 20: 425 (1895) |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) |