Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocarya suffruticosa (Torr.) Greene |
Synonyms | Myosotis suffruticosa Torr. |
Cryptantha suffruticosa (Torr.) Piper | |
Cryptantha jamesii (Torr.) Payson | |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | stems cinereous-grey hirsute, leaves linear-oblanceolate to linear, 3-10cm long, calyx lobes ovate-lanceolate, corolla 5-6mm long, nutlets white variegate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Wyoming ) North-Central U.S.A. (Kansas , Nebraska , Oklahoma , South Dakota ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas ) Mexico (Mexico Northeast) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BORAGINACEAE
suffruticosa arenicola (L.C.Higgins & S.L.Welsh) R.B.Kelley, Syst. Bot. 37(3): 753 (2012)
suffruticosa laxa (J.F.Macbr.) R.B.Kelley, ibid.
suffruticosa pustulosa (Rydb.) R.B.Kelley, ibid.
suffruticosa setosa (M.E.Jones) R.B.Kelley, ibid.
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