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

Thurber's desertpeony (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Acourtia

Characteristics

Plants 40–150 cm (stems sulcate to striate distally, densely glan-dular). Leaves cauline and/or basal; sessile; blades ovate to ovate-elliptic, 1.5 (cauline)–18 (basal) cm, bases shortly sagittate or clasping, margins acerose-denticulate, faces densely glandular-puberulent. Heads in subcongested corymbiform arrays. Involucres obconic to campanulate, 7–9 mm. Phyllaries in 2–3 series, oblong-oblanceolate, apices acuminate, abaxial faces densely glandular-hairy. Receptacles alveolate, glandular. Florets 3–6; corollas lavender-pink (purple), 7–12 mm. Cypselae subcylindric to subfusiform, 3–7 mm, glandular; pappi bright white, 8–9 mm (rigid). 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) 0.95 - 1.65
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Environment

Light -
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Soil texture 1-6
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Hardiness (USDA) 6-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Syphilis (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Vermicide (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Sore (unspecified)
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Cultivation

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Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:3504-2
WFO ID wfo-0000114273
COL ID 9J35
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Acourtia thurberi Perezia thurberi