Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Linanthus watsonii (A.Gray) Wherry |
Synonyms | Gilia watsonii A.Gray |
Leptodactylon watsonii (A.Gray) Rydb. | |
Navarretia watsonii (A.Gray) Kuntze | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | montane |
Description | leaves numerous, nearly all opposite, 6-15mm long, palmatisect, segments 3-9, rigid, acute, flowers 15-28mm long, usually hexamerous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, carpet |
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. (Colorado , Idaho , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Nevada , Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
watsonii dolomiticus J.M.Porter & R.Patt., Aliso 32(2): 81 (2015)
watsonii laccolithicus J.M,Porter & R.Patt., ibid.
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