Acourtia nana (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King

Dwarf desertpeony (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Acourtia

Characteristics

Plants 2.5–30 cm, (divaricately branching). Leaves cauline; sessile; blades rhombic-orbiculate to suborbiculate, 10–50 mm, bases cuneate, margins coarsely and irregularly prickly-dentate, faces glabrous (reticulate). Heads borne singly (at branch tips). Involucres campanulate, 14–17 mm. Phyllaries in 4 series, broadly ovate, margins glandular, apices acute to mucronate, abaxial faces glabrous. Receptacles reticulate (sockets separated by squarish, apically pubescent paleae 1 mm). Florets 15–24; corollas lavender-pink or white, 10–17 mm. Cypselae subcylindric, 3–7.5 mm, densely stipitate-glandular; pappi white or tawny, 10–15 mm. 2n = 54.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.09 - 0.3
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-3
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-11

Usage

Uses material medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Asthma (unspecified), Sudorific (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Typhus (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Images

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Distribution

Acourtia nana world distribution map, present in Mexico and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3483-2
WFO ID wfo-0000022979
COL ID 9J25
BDTFX ID -
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acourtia nana Perezia nana