Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Psathyrotes ramosissima A.Gray |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 363 (1868) |
Native Range | sw. USA to nw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 30-900m |
Description | densely lanate, glaucous, stems ramose, leaves alternate, petiolate, suborbiculate, 1-3cm wide, obtusely dentate, capitula pedicellate, involucre campanulate |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Tetradymia ramosissima Torr. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |