Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Polemonium viscosum Nutt. |
Synonyms | Polemonium confertum A,Gray |
Polemonium grayanum Rydb. | |
Polemonium lemmonii Brand | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | taproot, plant glandular hirsute, leaves mainly basal, segments numerous, seemingly verticillate, flowers infundibuliform, 17-30mm long, in head |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | blue, white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Arizona , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLEMONIACEAE
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