Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Antennaria marginata Greene trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 290 (1898) |
Native Range | Colorado to s. USA and n. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3400m |
Description | white-tomentose, leaves spathulate, 1-3cm, quickly glabrescent and adaxially bright green, capitula 3-6 in cluster, involucre 6-8mm, basally lanate, apically white |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
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 spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Antennaria dioica var. marginata (Greene) Jeps. Antennaria fendleri Greene Antennaria marginata var. glandulifera A.Nelson Antennaria peramoena Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXN Mexico Northwest) |