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Pericome caudata
Also called Tail Leaf Pericome, Taperleaf
Pericome caudata is a resinous, aromatic perennial herb or subshrub from the southwestern US and northern Mexico, growing up to about 2 m, mostly in rocky hills and mountains. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden subject, so it is grown mainly by native plant enthusiasts.
Pericome caudata is a North American species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name mountain tail-leaf.
It is native to the southwestern United States as far east as Colorado, Oklahoma, and Texas, as well as northern Mexico, where it grows in rocky habitat, often in hills and mountains, and sometimes in disturbed areas.
The Navajo have used this plant for a variety of medicinal and ceremonial purposes.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Pericome caudata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
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.
