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Dwarf desertpeony

Acourtia nana

Also called Desert Holly

Dwarf desertpeony
Photo: Patrick Alexander from Las Cruces, NM, CC0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Arizona to Texas and Mexico

About

Acourtia nana, the desert holly or dwarf desertpeony, is a North American species of perennial plants in the family Asteraceae. found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert regions of the south-western United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas).

Flowers, uncommonly seen, have a scent similar to jasmine or violets.

Other Acourtia plants

Acourtia hintoniorum · Sacapellote · Featherleaf desertpeony · Thurber's desertpeony · Brownfoot · Desert peony

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acourtia nana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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