Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum prattenianum Durand sect. Oligogonum |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 800-2900m |
Description | leaves crowded, 5-20cm, elliptic to obovate, lanate, inflorescence capitate, involucres 3-5mm, tomentose, lobes 8-10, perianth 3-8mm, glabrous, pedicellate |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in 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 | POLYGONACEAE
prattenianum avium Reveal & Shevock, Phytologia 66: 249 (1989)
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