Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum elatum Douglas ex Benth. sect. Eucycla |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 60-3000m |
Description | glabrous or lanate, leaves basal, petiolate, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, on both faces green, loosely lanate, inflorescence cymose, involucres single, turbinate |
Size | 40-80cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
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. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
elatum villosum Jeps., Fl. Calif. [Jepson] 1: 421 (1914)
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