Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox hendersonii (E.E.Nelson) Cronquist Microphlox, Douglasianae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | taproot, farinose, leaves crowded, sublinear, 5-10mm, intensely glandular hirsute, flowers solitary, terminal, often hexamerous, corolla tube ca. 1cm long |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pale blue |
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. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Oregon , Washington) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
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