Scientific Family
Asteraceae
Synonyms
Perezia wrightii
Other common names
Wright's desertpeony
pink perezzia
Plant type
Forbs and Subshrubs
Origin
Native
Lifecycle
Perennial
Height
To 4 feet
Riparian
No
A many branched and leafy plant with masses of fragrant pink flowers.
Shrub-like perennial; branched; some leaves clasping, some with short stems, leaves ovate to lance-shaped, toothed on margins; flower heads of 4 to 11 pink flowers, bract tips rounded to shortly acute; brown woolly hairs on base of stems.
Habitat
Found on rocky slopes, in gravelly or sandy soils.
Plant Community
Grasslands
Interior Chaparral
Montane Conifer Forest
Pinyon Juniper Woodlands
Low elevation
0
High elevation
6000
Flower Characteristics
Fragrant, rose-pink flower heads are massed in clusters at the top of the stems. Clusters can be 4 inches in diameter. Sometimes blooms later than July.
Flower color
Pink, purple
Flower shape
Daisy or dandelion-like
Tubular
No
First bloom month
January
Last bloom month
July
Flower clusters
Rounded
Leaf and Stem Characteristics
Leaves are slightly wavy on the edges and finely toothed with no stem or a short stem, sometimes clasping. Brown, wooly hairs at the base of the stems.
Leaf type
Simple
Leaf color
Green, grayish-green
Leaf shape
Round or oval
Leaf margin
Toothed
Leaves clasp
Yes
Leaf hairs
None
Spines
No
Fruit and Seed Characteristics
Achenes have many white bristles or hairs.
Fruit type
Achene
Fruit color
White