| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Chrysactinia mexicana A.Gray trib. Tageteae |
| Bibliography | Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 4(1): 93 (1849) |
| Native Range | sc. USA to Mexico |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Description | branchlets glabrous, leaves carnose, linear, entire, subclavate, 8-15mm, sharp, glandular, capitula solitary, inv subspherical, bracts linear, ligules ca. 1cm |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | spring, early 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 | Pectis taxifolia Greene |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXC Mexico Central, MXE Mexico Northeast, MXG Mexico Gulf, MXS Mexico Southwest) |