Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenactis douglasii var. alpina A.Gray trib. Helenieae |
Synonyms | Chaenactis leucopsis Greene |
Chaenactis minuscula Greene | |
Chaenactis rubella Greene | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2700-4000m |
Description | leaves only basal, 2-6cm, elliptic, pinnatilobate, segments crowded, thinly tomentose, glabrescent, capitula solitary, involucre glandular, arachnose to lanate |
Size | 2-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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