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Ornamental- It is an important ornamental plant.
Mexico to Venezuela
Thrives in moist, disturbed areas, shaded rock walls, and even cracks in cement. Adapts to various soil conditions.
It is perennial herb often short-lived forms low-growing mats or clumps.
Stem is erect to sprawling, 10-100 cm long. Woody base (caudex). Sometimes simple, but can root at nodes (adventitious roots) and branch. Sparsely hairy to hairless (strigose to glabrate).
Leaves are elliptic to obovate-shaped, 1-4 cm long and 0.5-1.3 cm wide. Usually similar size along the stem, with entire margins or 1-2 pairs of small teeth or lobes near the tip. Sparsely hairy on the surface. Small tufts of leaves may arise where larger leaves meet the stem (axils).
Flowers are Daisy-like flower heads, usually 1-5 together, borne on branches in the upper half of the stem. Ray florets: 45-80 white ray florets, that may turn slightly pink with age. Disc florets: Yellow disc florets in the center. Involucre: The green ring of bracts surrounding the flower head.
Fruit is dry, single-seeded.
Flowering: April - November.