Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Laphamia rupestris A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Smithsoniana Contr. Knowl. 3(5): 100 (1852) |
Native Range | Texas |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-2600m |
Description | hirsute or pilose, leaves petiolate, ovate to subreniform, entire to serrate-lobate, capitula 6-8mm, discoid, involucre subcylindrical, phyllaries oblanceolate |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | yellow, 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 | Pappothrix rupestris (A.Gray) Rydb. Perityle rupestris (A.Gray) Shinners Perityle rupestris var. albiflora A.M.Powell |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) |