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Acourtia microcephala
Sacapellote is a bushy, sticky-leaved perennial herb from southern California and Baja California, growing in woodland and chaparral. It is a wild native rather than a common garden plant, so it is best grown where its dry, coastal habitat can be matched.
Acourtia microcephala is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae known by the common name sacapellote. It is native to southern California and Baja California, where it grows in woodland and chaparral, especially in the coastal mountain ranges.
Acourtia microcephala is a bushy perennial herb producing several erect stems from a woody caudex up to about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) in maximum height. The stems branch toward the ends and are densely foliated in toothed, wavy-edged, glandular leaves 2 to 15 centimetres (0.79 to 5.91 in) long. The stems and leaves are sticky with exudate. The inflorescences contain clusters of many flower heads, each cylindrical head wrapped in long, flat glandular phyllaries. The flower heads are discoid, containing only disc florets and no ray florets.
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The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
