Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Heterotheca pumila (Greene) Semple trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Brittonia 39: 383 (1987) |
Native Range | s. Wyoming to n. New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2900-3800m |
Description | taproot, stems long pubescent, lower leaves narrowly lanceolate, 2-4cm, shortly appressed hirsute, capitula 1-4, involucre 7-10mm, 4-5-seriate, strigose, ligules 10-15mm |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Chrysopsis alpicola Rydb. Chrysopsis alpicola var. glomerata A.Nelson Chrysopsis cooperi A.Nelson Chrysopsis pumila Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |