Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum kennedyi Porter ex S.Watson sect. Eucycla |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3500m |
Description | leaves elliptic to oblong, tomentose, 2-10mm, subsessile, inflorescence capitate, 4-10mm broad, involucres congested, 3-7, turbinate, flowers 1-4mm, glabrous |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | carpet |
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
Southwestern U.S.A. (California) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
kennedyi alpigenum Munz, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 296 (1924)
kennedyi austromontanum Munz & I.M.Johnst., Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 51: 295 (1924)
kennedyi pinicola Reveal, Suppl. Calif. Fl. [Munz] 68 (1968)
kennedyi purpusii (Brandegee) Reveal, ibid.
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