Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Townsendia aprica S.L.Welsh & Reveal trib. Astereae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | leaves spathulate, 5-8mm, strigose, capitula sessile, involucre campanulate, phyllaries lanceolate, 4-7mm, acute, ligules 4-6mm long, abaxially glandular strigose |
Size | 1-2cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
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 late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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