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Porophyllum punctatum is a much-branched, hairless shrub from the daisy family, native to coastal Mexico and Central America, and can reach about 4 m tall. It is grown mainly as a warm-climate garden or wild shrub rather than a houseplant.
Porophyllum punctatum is a species of flowering plant belonging to the Aster/Composite/Sunflower family, the Asteraceae.
Porophyllum punctatum occurs in mainland Mexico's eastern and western coastal states and as far south through Central America as eastern Costa Rica.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Porophyllum punctatum 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.
