Status:
valid
                
                
                    
Authors:
J.Rémy
                
                
                    
Source:
tro
                
                
                    
Year:
1848
                
                
                    
Citation Micro:
Fl. Chil. 3(3): 372 (1848)
                
                
                    
WFO Identifier:
wfo-0001129200
                
             
            
            
                
                
                
            
            
            
                                    
                        Common Names
                        
                        - Gayi Polyachyrus
- Gayi Daisy
- Gayi Daisy
 
                                
                
                    
                    
                    
                
                
                
                
                                                
                                    
                        Uses & Benefits
                        
                            Polyachyrus gayi is used as an ornamental plant in gardens and as a source of food for birds.                        
                     
                                
                                                    
                        Flower, Seeds and Seedlings
                        
                            Polyachyrus gayi has small, yellow flowers with five petals and five sepals. The seeds are small and black. The seedlings have a single pair of cotyledons.                        
                     
                                
                
                
                                    
                        Cultivation and Propagation
                        
                            Polyachyrus gayi is a perennial plant that can be propagated by division or by seed. It prefers full sun and well-drained soil. It is drought tolerant and can tolerate some shade. It can be propagated by division in spring or by seed in fall.                        
                     
                                                    
                        Where to Find Polyachyrus gayi
                        
                            Polyachyrus gayi is found in China.                        
                     
                
                
                                    
                        Species in the Polyachyrus genus
                        
                     
                                                    
                        Species in the Asteraceae family
                        
                            Aaronsohnia pubescens, 
Aaronsohnia factorovskyi, 
Abrotanella filiformis, 
Abrotanella rostrata, 
Abrotanella linearis, 
Abrotanella trilobata, 
Abrotanella muscosa, 
Abrotanella inconspicua, 
Abrotanella trichoachaenia, 
Abrotanella caespitosa, 
Abrotanella nivigena, 
Abrotanella pusilla, 
Abrotanella linearifolia, 
Abrotanella papuana, 
Abrotanella rosulata, 
Abrotanella emarginata, 
Abrotanella fertilis, 
Abrotanella spathulata, 
Abrotanella purpurea, 
Abrotanella patearoa, 
Abrotanella submarginata, 
Abrotanella diemii, 
Abrotanella scapigera, 
Abrotanella forsterioides, 
Acamptopappus shockleyi, 
Acamptopappus sphaerocephalus, 
Acanthocephalus benthamianus, 
Acanthocephalus amplexifolius, 
Acanthocladium dockeri, 
Acanthodesmos distichus, 
Acanthodesmos gibarensis, 
Acanthospermum humile, 
Acanthospermum consobrinum, 
Acanthospermum glabratum, 
Acanthospermum microcarpum, 
Acanthospermum hispidum, 
Acanthospermum australe, 
Acanthospermum lecocarpoides, 
Acanthostyles buniifolius, 
Acanthostyles saucechicoensis, 
Achillea buiana, 
Achillea conrathii, 
Achillea cucullata, 
Achillea styriaca, 
Achillea clavennae, 
Achillea cappadocica, 
Achillea huber-morathii, 
Achillea ptarmicoides, 
Achillea sieheana, 
Achillea barrelieri,