Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ericameria watsonii (A.Gray) G.L.Nesom trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Phytologia 68: 152 (1990) |
Native Range | sw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1300-3400m |
Description | leaves numerous, crowded, oblanceolate, 10-25mm long, mucronate, glandular, epunctate, capitula solitary, terminal, rather small, ligules and disc to 1cm |
Size | 5-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aster serenoi Kuntze Haplopappus suffruticosus D.C.Eaton Haplopappus watsonii A.Gray Macronema watsonii (A.Gray) Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |