Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Laphamia saxicola Eastw. trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 20: 159 (1931) |
Native Range | Arizona |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 700-1100m |
Description | glabrous or strigose, leaves petiolate, bi- or tripinnate, segments linear to flat-filiform, capitula 1-4 in lax corymb, involucre campanulate, ligules 10-17, 4-6mm long |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | yellow |
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 | Perityle saxicola (Eastw.) Shinners |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) |