Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla utahensis (S.Watson) Greene |
Synonyms | Ivesia utahensis S.Watson |
Horkelia utahensis (S.Watson) Rydb. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3200-3700m |
Description | taproot, basal leaves numerous, 5-8cm, glabrous, pinnate, leaflets 12-20, crowded, incised to base into 3-5 broadly orbiculate to spathulate segments, flowers in cyme |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellowish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
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