WorldFloraDB - Palafoxia rosea

Characteristics

Annuals, 10–50 cm. Stems scabrous to glabrate, not stipitate-glandular. Leaf blades linear-lanceolate, 30–60 × 2–6(–10) mm. Involucres ± turbinate. Phyllaries 5–10 × 1–2.5 mm, ± equal, usually scabrellous and stipitate-glandular. Ray florets 0. Disc florets 5–30; corollas actinomorphic, 7–10 mm, throats ± funnelform, shorter than lobes. Cypselae 5–8 mm; pappus scales of inner cypselae (1.5–)3–8 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)

0.1 - 0.5

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

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

-

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
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°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Leaf

Flower

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:180814-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000066652
COL ID	75KGJ
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Othake macrolepis Palafoxia macrolepis Polypteris macrolepis Polypteris rosea Othake roseum Palafoxia rosea Othake roseum var. roseum Palafoxia texana var. macrolepis Palafoxia rosea var. rosea Palafoxia rosea var. macrolepis

WorldFloraDB 2024

Palafoxia rosea (Bush) Cory

Rosy palafox (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Palafoxia