Palafoxia
(named after Jose Palafox, a Spanish general, 1780-1847). SYN. Paleolaria. ORD. Compositae. A genus comprising half a dozen species of hardy, or nearly hardy, erect herbs, rarely shrubby at base, natives of Mexico and Florida. Flower-heads white, flesh-colour, or purple, small or mediocre, loosely corymbose-paniculate; involucre turbinate-campanulate, the bracts one or two-serrate; receptacle small, flat, naked, or scarcely foveolate. Leaves alternate, or the lower ones opposite, narrow, entire. The undermentioned species, which are the only ones worth growing, thrive best in a warm border of sandy soil, and should be treated as half-hardy annuals. Seeds should be sown, in a gentle heat, during April, and the young plants placed in the open, about 1ft. apart, early in June.
P. Hookeriana (Hooker's). fl.-heads rosy-pink, freely produced in loose clusters. Summer. Stems very bushy, about 2ft. high. Rocky Mountains, 1865. A very pretty, dwarf-growing, dense-habited plant. See Fig. 8. (B. M. 5549.)
P. linearis (linear). fl.-heads flesh-colour; involucre oblong; pappus scales eight, unequal, acuminate. June. l. linear, entire, obtuse. h. 2ft. Texas. Plant shrubby, cinereo-pubescent. (B. M. 2132.)