Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Packera actinella (Greene) W.A.Weber & Á.Löve trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Phytologia 49: 45 (1981) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-3000m |
Description | densely villose-tomentose, glabrescent, leaves basal, petiolate, narrowly obovate, subentire to denticulate, capitula 1-3, phyllaries greenish, white aristate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio actinella Greene Senecio actinella var. mogollonicus (Greene) Greenm. Senecio mogollonicus Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |