Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum ovalifolium Nutt. sect. Eucycla |
Synonyms | Eriogonum polyceps Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 600-4100m |
Description | leaves lanate and spathulate to glabrous and elliptic, very variable, floral stem without leaves, flowers in head, supported by three, linear-lanceolate bracts |
Size | 2-30cm |
Color | pink, white, yellow, red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (California , Nevada , Utah ) South-Central U.S.A. |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
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Comments | POLYGONACEAE
ovalifolium caelestinum Reveal, Great Basin Naturalist 32: 115 (1972)
ovalifolium depressum Blank., Sci. Stud. Montana Coll. Agric., Bot. 1: 49 (1905)
ovalifolium eximium (Tidestr.) J.T.Howell, Mentzelia 1: 19 (1976)
ovalifolium focarium Reveal & Mansfield, Phytoneuron 2014-1: 1 (2014)
ovalifolium monarchense D.A.York, Madrońo 49(1): 16 (2002)
ovalifolium nivale (Canby ex Coville) M.E.Jones, Contr. W. Bot. 11: 8 (1903)
ovalifolium ochroleucum (Small ex Rydb.) M.Peck, Man. Pl. Oregon 256 (1941)
ovalifolium pansum Reveal, Phytologia 66: 259 (1898)
ovalifolium purpureum (Nutt.) Durand, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2, 11: 175 (1860)
ovalifolium rubidum (Gand.) Reveal & Mansfield, Phytoneuron 2014-1: 2 (2014)
ovalifolium vineum (Small) A.Nelson, Bot. Gaz. 52: 262 (1911)
ovalifolium williamsiae Reveal, Brittonia 33: 446 (1981)
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