Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum lachnogynum Torr. ex Benth. sect. Eucycla |
Synonyms | Eriogonum tetraneuris Small |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-2400m |
Description | leaves basal, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 10-25mm, densely tomentose, petiolate, inflorescence capitate, involucres crowded, 5-8, turbinate to campanulate |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
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. (Colorado ) North-Central U.S.A. (Kansas , Oklahoma ) Southwestern U.S.A. South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico , Texas) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
lachnogynum colobum Reveal & A.Clifford, Phytologia 86(3): 169 (2004)
lachnogynum sarahiae (N.D.Atwood & A.Clifford) Reveal, Harvard Pap. Bot. 9(1): 178 (2004)
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