Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone uintahensis (A.Nelson) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1500-4000m |
Description | caespitose, basal leaves numerous, glabrous, narrowly linear, acerose, 10-25mm, flowers in lax cyme, sepals narrowly ovate, acute, petals oblong, obtuse, ca. 5mm |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria aculeata var. uintahensis (A.Nelson) M.Peck Arenaria compacta Coville Arenaria fendleri var. glabrescens S.Watson Arenaria kingii ssp. compacta (Coville) Maguire Arenaria kingii var. glabrescens (S.Watson) Maguire Arenaria kingii ssp. rosea Maguire Arenaria kingii var. uintahensis (A.Nelson) C.L.Hitchc. Arenaria kingii ssp. uintahensis (A.Nelson) Maguire Arenaria uintahensis A.Nelson, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 26: 7 (1899) Eremogone kingii var. compacta (Coville) N.H.Holmgren & P.K.Holmgren Eremogone kingii var. glabrescens (S.Watson) Dorn Eremogone kingii var. rosea (Maguire) R.L.Hartm. & Rabeler Eremogone kingii ssp. uintahensis (A.Nelson) W.A.Weber |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |