Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla argyrocoma (Rydb.) Jeps. |
Bibliography | Man. Fl. Pl. Calif.: 491 (1925) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1400-2300m |
Description | densely silvery sericeous, leaves vermiculate, pinnate, 3-10cm long, segments densely imbricate, cyme often branched, petals obovate, long |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, dry, sandy 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 |
Synonyms | Horkelia argyrocoma Rydb. Ivesia argyrocoma (Rydb.) Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |