Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Artemisia pygmaea A.Gray trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 21: 413 (1886) |
Native Range | Colorado to Nevada and New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1500-1800m |
Description | evergreen, leaves numerous, crowded, small, 3-12mm long, viscid, green, glabrous, pinnatifid, with 2-5 pairs of secondary segments, capitula few in narrow panicle |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Seriphidium pygmaeum (A.Gray) W.A.Weber |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |