Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Laphamia aglossa (A.Gray) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hemsl. trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Biol Cent.-Amer., Bot. 2: 210 (1881) |
Native Range | Texas to e. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 600-1300m |
Description | glandular-pubescent, leaves petiolate, ovate to subcordate, lobate, laciniate or serrate, capitula discoid, 1-3 in corymb, involucre campanulate, phyllaries linear |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | yellow, yellowish pink |
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 | Leptopharynx aglossa (A.Gray) Rydb. Perityle aglossa A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast) |