Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Arnica viscosa A.Gray trib. Heliantheae |
Synonyms | Chrysopsis shastensis Jeps. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2500m |
Description | densely glandular, stem leaves 5-10 pairs, sessile, 2-4cm, ovate-oblong, entire, capitula 15-20, discoid, involucre cylindrical, phyllaries acute, shortly hirsute |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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