Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Artemisia spinescens D.C.Eaton trib. Anthemideae |
Synonyms | Picrothamnus desertorum Nutt. |
Habitat | sagebrush wilding |
Altitude | 1800-2200m |
Description | basally branched, young shoots lanate-tomentose, leaves, pedati-3-5-partite, segments pinnate, ultimate segments narrow, capitula discoid, inflorescence racemose |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | spinose shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , California , 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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