Peucephyllum

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Peucephyllum schottii 5.jpg

|status = G5

|status_system = TNC

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|display_parents = 3

|genus = Peucephyllum

|parent_authority = A.Gray

|species = schottii

|authority = A.Gray{{GRIN | Peucephyllum schottii | 413875 | accessdate = 12 January 2018}}

|synonyms = Inyonia M.E. Jones

|synonyms_ref = {{Cite book|title = Intermountain Flora: Vascular Plants of the Intermountain West, U.S.A.|last = Cronquist|first = A|publisher = New York Botanical Garden|year = 1994|isbn = 0-89327-375-9|pages = [https://archive.org/details/intermountainflo0000unse/page/102 102]|last2 = Holmgren|first2 = AH|last3 = Holmgren|first3 = NH|last4 = Reveal|first4 = JL|last5 = Holmgren|first5 = PK|volume = 5|author-link = Arthur Cronquist|author-link4 = James L. Reveal|url = https://archive.org/details/intermountainflo0000unse/page/102}}

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Peucephyllum is a monotypic genus of flowering plants containing the single species Peucephyllum schottii. Its common names include pygmy cedar,[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=4355 Peucephyllum schottii.] The Jepson Manual. Schott's pygmy cedar,[http://www.natureserve.org/explorer/servlet/NatureServe?searchName=Peucephyllum+schottii Peucephyllum schottii.] NatureServe. 2012.[http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PESC4 Peucephyllum schottii.] USDA PLANTS. desert fir,[http://www.calflora.org/cgi-bin/species_query.cgi?where-taxon=Peucephyllum+schottii Peucephyllum schottii.] Calflora. and desert pine. 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.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=220010232 Peucephyllum schottii.] Flora of North America.

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.