WorldFloraDB - Palafoxia callosa

Characteristics

Annuals, 20–60 cm. Stems scabrous to glabrate, not stipitate-glandular. Leaf blades linear, 20–70 × 1–4 mm. Involucres ± turbinate. Phyllaries 3–5 × 1+ mm, ± equal, ± strigillose, not stipitate-glandular. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 5–30; corollas actinomorphic, 5–6 mm, throats ± funnelform, shorter than lobes. Cypselae 3–5 mm; pappus scales of inner cypselae 0.3–1 mm. 2n = 20.

Life form

annual

Growth form

herb

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

-

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

0.2 - 0.6

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

-

Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
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Soil acidity
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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

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

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Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:236359-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000039613
COL ID	4C2ZY
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Othake tenuifolium Palafoxia callosa Palafoxia bella Stevia callosa Florestina callosa Othake callosum Stevia callosa Palafoxia callosa var. callosa Palafoxia callosa var. bella Polypteris callosa Polypteris callosa

WorldFloraDB 2024

Palafoxia callosa (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray

Small palafox (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Palafoxia