열대에서 아열대 기후에서 자라는 강건한 식물이다.
대부분의 종은 멕시코에 자생하고 미국 남서부 5곳 그리고 콜럼비아와 브라질 3곳에 자생한다.
멜란포디움의 근원은 "흑인"을 의미하는 그리스 단어 μέλας(melas)와 "발"을 의미하는 πόδιον (podion)에서 유래 되었다.
가뭄과 강한 햇볕엔 강하지만 과습의 경우 곰방이균이 발생하기 때문에 통기성이 필요하다.
품종 리스트
Melampodium americanum - Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Chiapas)[18][19][20]
Melampodium appendiculatum - Chihuahua, Sonora, Nayarit, Arizona
Melampodium argophyllum - Coahuila, Nuevo León
Melampodium aureum - Puebla, Oaxaca
Melampodium bibractatum - Durango, State of Mexico, Guatemala
Melampodium cinereum - Coahuila, Nuevo León, Texas, Missouri
Melampodium costaricense - Costa Rica, Panama, Belize, Nicaragua, Colombia
Melampodium cupulatum - Sonora, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Baja California Sur
Melampodium diffusum - Oaxaca, Philippines (probably introduced)
Melampodium divaricatum - Brazil, Bolivia, West Indies, Venezuela, Colombia, Central America, Mexico, United States (FL AL LA AR)
Melampodium glabribracteatum - Oaxaca
Melampodium glabrum - Guanajuato, Jalisco, Michoacán
Melampodium gracile - Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Mexico (from Tamaulipas to Chiapas)
Melampodium leucanthum - Chihuahua, USA (TX NM AZ OK KS CO)
Melampodium linearilobum - Mexico, Central America
Melampodium longicorne - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico
Melampodium longifolium - Mexico
Melampodium longipes - Jalisco
Melampodium longipilum - from Guatemala to San Luis Potosí
Melampodium mayfieldii - Jalisco
Melampodium microcephalum - from Guatemala to Jalisco
Melampodium mimulifolium - Oaxaca
Melampodium montanum - from Guatemala to Jalisco + San Luis Potosí
Melampodium nayaritense - Durango, Nayarit
Melampodium northingtonii - Oaxaca
Melampodium nutans - Oaxaca, Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán
Melampodium paniculatum - from Oaxaca to Brazil
Melampodium percussum
Melampodium perfoliatum - Mexico, Central America, Cuba, California
Melampodium pilosum - Guerrero, Michoacan
Melampodium pringlei - Oaxaca, Puebla
Melampodium repens - Veracruz
Melampodium rosei - Sinaloa, Jalisco, Nayarit
Melampodium sericeum - Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador
Melampodium sinaloense - Sinaloa
Melampodium sinuatum - Baja California Sur
Melampodium strigosum - Chihuahua, Durango, D.F., Mexico State, Hidalgo, United States (AZ NM TX CO)
Melampodium tenellum - Nayarit
Melampodium tepicense - Nayarit, Jalisco
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