Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum androsaceum Benth. sect. Oligogonum |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 14: 9 (1856) |
Native Range | Alberta to Montana |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2700m |
Description | leaves crowded, 1-2cm, narrowly elliptic to spathulate-oblanceolate, sparsely grey tomentose, scape leafless, flowers in small umbel with whorl of 4-6 linear bracts |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Eriogonum flavum ssp. androsaceum (Benth.) S.Stokes Eriogonum flavum var. androsaceum (Benth.) M.E.Jones |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana) |