Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
Genus species | Anemone lithophila Rydb. |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29: 152 (1902) |
Native Range | Alaska to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3300m |
Description | lower leaves glabrous, thick, shiny, petiolate, ternate, segments obovate-cuneate, incised, ultimate segments short, oblong-lanceolate, flowers solitary, sepals 12mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | White, bluish |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C division after flowering and in fall |
Synonyms | Anemone drummondii var. lithophila (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc. Anemone globosa var. lithophila (Rydb.) M.Peck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |