WorldFloraDB - Encelia actoni

Characteristics

Shrubs, 50–150 cm. Stems with slender branches from bases, hairy, developing fissured barks. Leaves cauline; petioles 6–12 mm; blades silvery green, ovate to deltate, 25–40 mm, apices acute, faces ± silvery-canescent. Heads borne singly. Peduncles canescent. Involucres 8–14 mm. Phyllaries ovate. Ray florets 14–25; corolla laminae 10–25 mm. Disc corollas yellow, 5–6 mm. Cypselae 5–7 mm; pappi usually 0, rarely of 1–2 bristlelike awns. 2n = 36.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

-

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.5 - 1.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

Uses	medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Analgesic (flower), Antirheumatic (External) (flower), Analgesic (leaf), Antirheumatic (External) (leaf), Veterinary Aid (leaf), Antirheumatic (External) (root)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

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Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:90557-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000090560
COL ID	-
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Encelia actoni Encelia frutescens var. actonii Encelia virginensis var. actonii Encelia virginiensis subsp. actoni

WorldFloraDB 2024

Encelia actoni Elmer

Species