Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla muirii (A.Gray) Greene |
Synonyms | Ivesia muirii A.Gray |
Horkelia muirii (A.Gray) Rydb. | |
Horkelia chandleri Rydb. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2900-4000m |
Description | leaves densely silvery sericeous, basal, numerous, 2-10cm, cylindrical, vermiculate, pinnate, segments imbricate, flowers numerous, crowded in cyme, petals linear, short |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
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