Peucephyllum
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| Peucephyllum schottii A. Gray[1] |
Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii, known commonly as the pygmy cedar or desert fir. This bushy shrub is neither a cedar nor a fir, but is in fact a member of the daisy family. It is leafy and evergreen and the foliage has glands which produce a resin. It flowers in yellow flower heads which have only disc florets. The fruits are woody, bristly seeds with a pappus. This plant is native to the desert areas of California, Arizona, and northern Mexico.
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- ^ UniProt Consortium. Species Peucephyllum schottii (Schott's pygmycedar) (HTML). Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
