Family | HYDROPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Hydrophyllum capitatum Douglas ex Benth. |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | sparsely hirsute, leaves few, large, long petiolate, palmatipinnate, segments 7-11, flowers in cluster amongst leaves, corolla 5-9mm long |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | blue, white |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring and early fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Western Canada (Alberta , British Columbia ) Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado , Idaho , Montana , Oregon , Washington , Wyoming ) Southwestern U.S.A. (Utah) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | HYDROPHYLLACEAE
capitatum thompsonii (M.Peck) Constance, Amer. Midl. Naturalist 27: 726 (1942)
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