Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helianthus arizonensis R.C.Jacks. |
Bibliography | Brittonia 15: 266 (1963) |
Native Range | e. Arizona to w. New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1200-2100m |
Description | stems glabrous, glaucous, leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, 6-7cm, acute, margins sinuate, glabrous, capitula solitary, involucre ciliate, ligules few |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |