| Peucephyllum | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Secure (NatureServe) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Subfamily: | Asteroideae |
| Tribe: | Bahieae |
| Genus: | Peucephyllum A.Gray |
| Species: | P. schottii |
| Binomial name | |
| Peucephyllum schottii A.Gray | |
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Inyonia M.E. Jones | |
Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii. Its common names include pygmy cedar, Schott's pygmy cedar, desert fir, and desert pine. It is not a cedar, fir, or pine, but a member of the aster family, Asteraceae. It is a leafy evergreen shrub with glandular, resinous foliage. It flowers in yellow flower heads which have only disc florets. The fruits are woody, bristly seeds with a pappus. This plant is native to the deserts of Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah in the United States and Baja California and Sonora in northern Mexico.
The species form is similar to that of the common creosote bush (Larrea tridentata): small, greenish, and hemispherical with similar yellow flowers in the spring.
References
- ^ Peucephyllum schottii. NatureServe. 2012.
- ^ "Peucephyllum schottii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
- ^ Cronquist, A; Holmgren, AH; Holmgren, NH; Reveal, JL; Holmgren, PK (1994). Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A. Vol. 5. New York Botanical Garden. pp. 102. ISBN 0-89327-375-9.
- Peucephyllum schottii. The Jepson Manual.
- Peucephyllum schottii. USDA PLANTS.
- ^ Peucephyllum schottii. Calflora.
- Peucephyllum schottii. Flora of North America.
External links
Media related to Peucephyllum schottii at Wikimedia Commons
- Calflora Database: Peucephyllum schottii (Desert fir, Pigmycedar, Schott's pygmycedar, desert pine)
- Peucephyllum schottii — U.C. Photo gallery
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- Monotypic Asteraceae genera
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- Flora of the California desert regions
- Flora of the Sonoran Deserts
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- Flora of Baja California
- Flora of Nevada
- Flora of Sonora
- Flora of Utah
- Natural history of the Colorado Desert
- Natural history of the Mojave Desert
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