Peucephyllum
Peucephyllum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Tribe: | Bahieae |
Subtribe: | Bahiinae |
Genus: | Peucephyllum |
Species: | P. schottii |
Binomial name | |
Peucephyllum schottii A.Gray[1] | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Inyonia M.E. Jones |
Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii. Its common names include pygmy cedar,[1][3] Schott's pygmy cedar,[4][5] desert fir,[6] and desert pine.[6] It is not a cedar, fir, or pine, but a member of the aster family, Asteraceae. It is a leafy evergreen shrub with glandular, resinous foliage. It flowers in yellow flower heads which have only disc florets. The fruits are woody, bristly seeds with a pappus. This plant is native to the deserts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States and Baja California and Sonora in northern Mexico.[7][2]
The species form is similar to that of the common creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): small, greenish, and hemispherical with similar yellow flowers in the spring.
References
- 1 2 Peucephyllum schottii. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- 1 2 Cronquist, A; Holmgren, AH; Holmgren, NH; Reveal, JL; Holmgren, PK (1994). Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. 5. New York Botanical Garden. p. 102. ISBN 0-89327-375-9.
- ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. The Jepson Manual.
- ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. NatureServe. 2012.
- ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. USDA PLANTS.
- 1 2 Peucephyllum schottii. Calflora.
- ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. Flora of North America.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peucephyllum schottii. |
- Calflora Database: Peucephyllum schottii (Desert fir, Pigmycedar, Schott's pygmycedar, desert pine)
- Peucephyllum schottii — U.C. Photo gallery