Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla shellyi (Ertter) P.M.Sl. |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | Oregon |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1300-1600m |
Description | grey-white hispid, basal leaves 1-3cm long, pinnate, leaflets dense, pinnatipartite, segments 3-5, oblong, flowers 5-20 in compact cyme |
Size | 2-5cm |
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 cuttings in late summer and in fall |
Synonyms | Ivesia rhypara var. shellyi Ertter, Syst. Bot. 14: 239 (1989) Potentilla rhypara var. shellyi (Ertter) Mosyakin & Shiyan |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) |