Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum xanthum Small sect. Oligogonum |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 51 (1906) |
Native Range | Colorado to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2600-4000m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate and oblong, 1-3cm, abaxially tomentose, adaxially floccose-hirsute, entire, flat, inflorescence capitate or reduced to single involucre, flowers 4-7mm |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Eriogonum arcuatum var. xanthum (Small) Reveal Eriogonum chloranthum Greene Eriogonum flavum ssp. chloranthum (Greene) S.Stokes Eriogonum flavum var. xanthum (Small) Reveal |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |