Acourtia nana

Acourtia nana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Subfamily: Mutisioideae
Tribe: Nassauvieae[1]
Genus: Acourtia
Species: A. nana
Binomial name
Acourtia nana
(A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King
Synonyms[2]

Perezia nana A.Gray

Acourtia nana (common names desert holly or dwarf desert peony) is a North American species of perennial plants in the sunflower family. found in the Sonoran Desert.[3]:77 It is found in the Sonoran and Chihuahuan Desert regions of the southwestern United States (Arizona, New Mexico, Texas) and northern Mexico (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Zacatecas).[4][5][6]

Flowers, uncommonly seen, have a scent similar to jasmine or violets.[3]:74

References

  1. "Genus Acourtia". Taxonomy. UniProt. Retrieved 2010-02-18.
  2. The Plant List Acourtia nana (A.Gray) Reveal & R.M.King
  3. 1 2 Sonoran Desert Wildflowers, Richard Spellenberg, 2nd ed., 2012, ISBN 9780762773688
  4. Flora of North America Vol. 19, 20 and 21 Page 73, 74 Desert holly, dwarf desertpeony Acourtia nana (A. Gray) Reveal & R. M. King, Phytologia. 27: 230. 1973.
  5. Gray, Asa 1849. Memoirs of the American Academy of Arts and Science, new series 4(1): 111 descriptions in English and Latin
  6. Reveal, J. L. and R. M. King. 1973. Re-establishment of Acourtia D. Don (Asteraceae). Phytologia 27: 228–232.
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