Flyriella parryi is a small desert shrub in the daisy family, native to rocky slopes and canyons in northern Mexico and a few spots in Texas. It is rarely grown in gardens, and care is best based on its dry, rocky native habitat.
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out fully between waterings; it tolerates drought well.
Soil
Very well-drained, gritty or rocky mix with good drainage.
Temperature
Tolerates hot summers; protect from hard frost, roughly below -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Texas to Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León)
Climate
desert or dry shrubland
About
Flyriella parryi, the Chisos Mountain brickellbush, is a Mexican species of plants in the family Asteraceae. It is native to the states of Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Chihuahua in northern Mexico. It is the only species in its genus to have a natural range extending north of the international border, with a few populations on the Texas side of the Río Grande.
Flyriella parryi grows on rocky slopes, along streambanks, and in canyons. Its stem has many long, glandular hairs. Its leaves are egg-shaped, and up to 65 mm (2.6 in) long. One plant will produce numerous flower heads in a branching array. Each head has disc flowers, but no ray flowers.
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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.