Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Eriastrum densifolium (Benth.) H.Mason |
Synonyms | Hugelia densifolia Benth. |
Gilia densiflora (Benth.) Benth. | |
Gilia hugelia Steud. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2800m |
Description | glabrous, leaves irregularly pinnate into linear, acute segments, 2-5cm long, flowers 10-20, in terminal heads, sepals acute, corolla crateriform |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
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
Southwestern U.S.A. (California ) Mexico |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
densifolium austromontanum (T.T.Craig) H.Mason, ibid.
densifolium elongatum (Benth.) H.Mason, ibid.
densifolium mohavense (T.T.Craig) H.Mason, ibid.
densifolium patens Hoover, Vasc. Pl. San Luis Obispo Co., Calif. 230 (1970)
densifolium sanctorum (Milliken) H.Mason, ibid.
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