Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum tenue Small sect. Oligogonum |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 25: 44 (1898) |
Native Range | Oregon to Washington |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 100-1300m |
Description | leaves in rosette, linear-oblanceolate, margins revolute, petiolate, inflorescence capitate or umbellate, 1-2cm wide, involucres campanulate, 3-4mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pale yellow, umber |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Eriogonum caespitosum var. sublineare S.Stokes Eriogonum douglasii var. sublineare (S.Stokes) Reveal Eriogonum douglasii var. tenue (Small) C.L.Hitchc. Eriogonum sphaerocephalum var. sublineare (S:Stokes) Reveal Eriogonum sphaerocephalum ssp. tenue (Small) Piper |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) |