Family: Asteraceae

Semi-deciduous perennial, cut back after blooming (if needed). Growing to about a foot and a half tall and wide. Flowers spring through fall with nectar-rich flowers. Very pungent odor to leaves, pleasant to some, not to others.

Full to part sun, moderate water, good drainage, hardy to at least 0°F but hardiness is untested.

Adenophyllum is from the Greek for gland-leaf, while porophylloides means having leaves like those of Porophyllum. There are 10 species of Adenophyllum native primarily to the southwestern United States and northern Mexico, where they are most common in desert regions.

Larval host for the Dainty Sulphur (Nathalis iole). Nectar rich flowers that serve many butterflies and other nectar seeking insects.

Found on rock slopes, outwash fans, arroyos, and mesas below 4,000 ft. in the Sonoran and Mojave Deserts of the southwestern United States (Arizona, California, Nevada) and northwestern Mexico (Sonora, Baja California, Baja California Sur). Formerly known as Dyssodia porophylloides.

Photo by Eric Hough, iNaturalist
Adenophyllum porophylloides on SEINET