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Featherleaf Desertpeony

Acourtia runcinata

Asteraceae (Aster Family)

Peonia

Photo Credit: Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia, https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=11012 plant
Photo Credit: Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia, https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=11012 plant
Photo Credit: Schwartzman, Steven, https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=26701 flower
Photo Credit: Schwartzman, Steven, https://www.wildflower.org/gallery/result.php?id_image=26701 flower

Plant Ecoregion Distribution Map

Native Habitat: Grassland, Woodland
Chihuahuan Deserts, Edwards Plateau, Gulf Coast Prairies and Marshes, Southern Texas Plains

Maintenance

Low maintenance.

Comments

Its growth form is like that of a Dandelion, with spiny, deeply pinnately lobed leaves forming a ground-hugging rosette, and a single composite flower head arising on a slender, leafless stem from the rosette’s center. It can bloom all year round but tends to blooms mostly March to August. Roots are tubers.

Growth Form

Herbaceous

Height

0.5 to
1 ft

Spread

.5 to
1 ft

Soil Type(s)

Sand, Clay, Limestone, Caliche, Calcareous, Well Drained

Light Requirement

Part Shade

Water Requirement

Low

Leaf Retention

Deciduous

Lifespan

Perennial

Bloom Color

Pink, Purple

Bloom Season

Spring, Summer, Winter, Fall

Seasonal Interest

Nectar

Wildlife Benefit

Nectar Insects

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Previous Scientific Name(s): Synonym(s): Perezia runcinata

References

1) https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=36455#null 2) https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ACRU3 3) http://bonap.net/TDC/Image/Map?taxonType=Species&taxonId=1970&locationType=County&mapType=Normal 4) https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/taxa/index.php?taxon=43498&clid=2946, 5) https://www.backyardnature.net/n/h/acourtia.htm

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