Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenactis santolinoides Greene trib. Helenieae |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2800m |
Description | leaves in dense basal rosette, white tomentose, punctate, linear-oblong, pinnatisect, with many short, crispate segments, capitula solitary, involucre densely glandular |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late 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 division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
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 | ASTERACEAE
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