Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla saxosa Lemmon ex Greene |
Synonyms | Horkelia saxosa (Lemmon ex Greene) Rydb. |
Ivesia saxosa (Lemmon ex Greene) Ertter | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 900-3300m |
Description | green, leaves 5-15cm, flat, leaflets 2-4 pairs, remote, 5-15mm, orbiculate, shallowly dentate to lobate, stem leaves 2-4, inflorescence lax, flowers 7-10mm, petals oblanceolate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | yellow |
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. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
Territory |
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A. (California ) Mexico (Mexico Northwest) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ROSACEAE
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