Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Laphamia quinqueflora Steyerm. trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 392 (1932) |
Native Range | New Mexico to Texas |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1200-2500m |
Description | lower leaves opposite, upper leaves alternate, thick, coriaceous, broadly triangular to reniform, dentate to shallowly lobate, capitula cylindrical in cluster |
Size | 7-30cm |
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 | Pappothrix quinqueflora (Steyerm.) Everly Perityle quinqueflora (Steyerm.) Shinners |
Territory | 7 Northern America 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |