Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Cymopterus foeniculaceus Torr. & A.Gray |
Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. 1: 624 (1840) |
Native Range | nw. USA to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | leaves in outline broadly rhombic, 3-4-ternate, then pinnatifid in oblanceolate, dentate, acerose segments, achenes broadly oval, 6-7mm, wings wide, obscurely sinuate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible |
Synonyms | Cymopterus elrodii M.E.Jones Cymopterus terebinthus var. foeniculaceus (Torr. & A.Gray) Cronquist Cymopterus thapsoides Torr. & A.Gray Pteryxia elrodii (M.E.Jones) Rydb. Pteryxia foeniculacea Nutt. Pteryxia terebinthina var. foeniculacea (Torr. & A.Gray) Mathias Pteryxia thapsoides (Torr. & A.Gray) Nutt. ex J.M.Coult. & Rose |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |