Peucephyllum

Peucephyllum
Conservation status
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
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
Synonyms
	Inyonia M.E. Jones

Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii. Its common names include pygmy cedar,^[2]^[4] Schott's pygmy cedar,^[1]^[5] desert fir,^[6] and desert pine.^[6] 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.^[7]^[3]

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

^ ^a ^b Peucephyllum schottii. NatureServe. 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Peucephyllum schottii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ ^a ^b Peucephyllum schottii. Calflora.
^ Peucephyllum schottii. Flora of North America.

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[ns-1] Peucephyllum schottii. NatureServe. 2012.

[grin-2] "Peucephyllum schottii". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[IF-3] 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.

[jeps-4] Peucephyllum schottii. The Jepson Manual.

[usda-5] Peucephyllum schottii. USDA PLANTS.

[cf-6] Peucephyllum schottii. Calflora.

[fna-7] Peucephyllum schottii. Flora of North America.

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