Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Ipomopsis congesta (Hook.) V.E.Grant |
Bibliography | Aliso 3: 361 (1956) |
Native Range | w. & c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1200-3700m |
Description | basally branched, arachnose-tomentose, leaves entire to pinnate, flowers sessile in dense, cymose head, terminal, corola with tube 3-4mm long , spreading lobes 2mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Gilia burleyana A.Nelson Gilia congesta Hook. Gilia congesta var. burleyana (A.Nelson) Constance & Rollins Gilia congesta ssp. iberidifolia (Benth.) Brand Gilia congesta var. merrillii Brand Gilia congesta var. nuda Eastw. Gilia congesta var. paniculata M.E.Jones Gilia iberidifolia Benth. Gilia merrillii A.Nelson Gilia nuda (Eastw.) Rydb. Gilia spergulifolia Rydb. Navarretia congesta (Hook.) Kuntze Navarretia iberidifolia (Benth.) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (NDA North Dakota, NEB Nebraska, SDA South Dakota) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |