Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Artemisia scopulorum A.Gray trib. Anthemideae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3100-4200m |
Description | leaves sericeous, basal leaves crowded and persistent, bipinnate, segments narrow, capitula in narrow, spicate inflorescence, phyllaries with black margins |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Montana , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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