Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla hookeriana Lehm. |
Bibliography | Index Seminum [HBG, Hamburgensis] 1849: 10 (1849) |
Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-3900m |
Description | leaves abaxially grey tomentose, ternate, leaflets oblong-obovate, 7-20mm long, coarsely dentate, cyme 3-7-flowered, lax, petals 4-6mm long |
Size | 10-20cm |
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, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Potentilla nivea ssp. hookeriana (Lehm.) Hiitonen Potentilla nivea var. hookeriana (Lehm.) Th.Wolf |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |