노랗고 많은 꽃이 달리는 멜란포디움

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