Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Hulsea pygmaea (A.Gray) P.M.Sl. trib. Helenieae |
Bibliography | h.l., comb. nov. |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | basal leaves spathulate, 1-4cm, dentate or lobate, abaxially lanate, adaxially minutely glandular-pubescent, capitula solitary, involucre subspherical, ligules 7-10mm |
Size | |
Color | orange |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Hulsea vestita var. pygmaea A.Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 343 (1884) Hulsea vestita ssp. pygmaea (A.Gray) Wilken |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |