Peucephyllum

Peucephyllum
Conservation status

Secure  (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Bahieae
Genus: Peucephyllum
Species: P. schottii
Binomial name
Peucephyllum schottii
A.Gray[1]

Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii. Its common names include pygmy cedar,[1][2] Schott's pygmy cedar,[3][4] desert fir,[5] and desert pine.[5] It is not a cedar, fir, or pine, but a member of the aster family, Asteraceae. It is a leafy evergreen shrub with glandular, resinous foliage. 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 deserts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States and Baja California and Sonora in northern Mexico.[6]

The species form is similar to that of the common creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): small, greenish, and hemispherical with similar yellow flowers in the spring.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Peucephyllum schottii. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
  2. ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. The Jepson Manual.
  3. ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. NatureServe. 2012.
  4. ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. USDA PLANTS.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Peucephyllum schottii. Calflora.
  6. ↑ Peucephyllum schottii. Flora of North America.

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