Family | ERICACEAE |
Genus species | Arctostaphylos pacifica Roof |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 300-400m |
Description | leaves shortly petiolate, shiny, elliptic, cuneate, minutely serrate, smooth, sparsely hirsute, flowers in raceme, bracts scaly, acute, glabrous, flowers urceolate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | early spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, cushion |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 3-6 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer and fall; layering in spring |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ERICACEAE
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