Layia glandulosa Hook. & Arn.

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Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Layia

Characteristics

A bushy plant.
Life form annual
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dry open places in deserts and foothills, openings in scrub, woodlands, forests, grasslands, and meadows, gravelly or sandy soils, sometimes dunes from sea level to 2700 metres.
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It is a temperate plant. It needs full sun and a well-drained soil.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 2-7
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

Usage

The seeds are ground into flour and mixed with other ground seeds to make a porridge.
Uses -
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 8 - 30
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Layia glandulosa unspecified picture

Distribution

Layia glandulosa world distribution map, present in Canada, Mexico, and United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30133744-2
WFO ID wfo-0000125080
COL ID 3SNXZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Blepharipappus glandulosus Layia glandulosa Blepharipappus neomexicanus Madaroglossa angustifolia Layia glandulosa subsp. glandulosa Layia glandulosa subsp. lutea Layia glandulosa var. glandulosa Blepharipappus glandulosus var. glandulosus Layia glandulosa var. lutea