Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenactis thompsonii Cronquist trib. Helenieae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-2200m |
Description | taproot, leaves thinly tomentose, mainly on stems, flat, pinnatipartite, to 5cm long, capitula few or solitary, involucre turbinate, lanate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
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 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Washington) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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