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Trans-Pecos tansyaster

Psilactis brevilingulata

Trans-Pecos tansyaster
Photo: Gaiacoyote, CC0

Trans-Pecos tansyaster is a small annual daisy-family wildflower from the southwestern US, Mexico and parts of South America, with white to purple ray florets and yellow disc florets. It is a wild plant rather than a common garden subject, and it is grown from seed in sunny, well-drained conditions.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Annual
Light
Full sun
Water
Water lightly while seedlings establish, then rely on rain; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, well-drained soil.
Temperature
15–30 °C; tolerates frost poorly, so protect below 0 °C.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Arizona to Texas and Mexico, Colombia to Peru
Climate
subtropical

About

Psilactis brevilingulata, the Trans-Pecos tansyaster, is a species of mostly-neotropical plant belonging to the family the Asteraceae.

Where it grows

Psilactis brevilingulata has a disjunct distribution. Its northern population occurs in the Southwestern United States states of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. In adjacent Mexico it occurs throughout except for the Baja California peninsula and adjacent northwestern states, and the Yucatan Peninsula. Its southern population occurs in South America in Colombia and Peru.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Psilactis brevilingulata 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.

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