Plant Name
Scientific Name: Adenophyllum porophylloides
Synonym: Dyssodia porophylloides
Common Names: San Felipe Dogweed, San Felipe Dyssodia
Plant Characteristics
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Subshrub
Arizona Native Status: Native
Habitat: Desert
Flower Color: Rays – Yellow to orange-yellow, may be red-tinged, Disks – Orange-yellow
Flowering Season: Spring
Height: To 2 feet (61 cm) tall
Description: The flower heads are 1/2 inch (1.3 cm) wide and 1 inch (2.5 cm) long with 0 to 12 ray flowers. The bracts are dotted with dark red glands. The leaves are green, opposite below, alternate above, deeply divided into 3 main linear lobes, and embedded with foul-smelling oil glands at the base and tip of the lobes.
Special Characteristics
Foul-smelling – The crushed foliage has a strong, unpleasant odor.
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision: Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae – Aster family
Genus: Adenophyllum Pers. – dogweed
Species: Adenophyllum porophylloides (A. Gray) Strother – San Felipe dogweed
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