Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Townsendia texensis Larsen trib. Astereae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1300m |
Description | lower leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate-linear, 2-5cm, strigose, capitula solitary, involucre campanulate, 4-5-seriate, bracts lanceolate, acute, ligules 9-18mm long |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | white, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in spring |
Territory |
Northern America
North-Central U.S.A. (Oklahoma ) South-Central U.S.A. (Texas) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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