Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone franklinii (Douglas ex Hook.) R.L.Hartm. & Rabeler |
Synonyms | Arenaria franklinii Douglas ex Hook. |
Habitat | sagebrush wilding |
Altitude | 100-1600m |
Description | blue-green, leaves acicular, 1-2cm, rigid, at apex spinose, glabrous, stem leaves densely imbricate, flowers numerous in dense, capitate cyme, petals 7-9mm long |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Idaho , Oregon , Washington ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Nevada) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
franklinii thompsonii (M.Peck) R.L.Hartm. & Rabeler, ibid.
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