Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Lepidium ostleri S.L.Welsh & Goodrich |
Bibliography | Great Basin Naturalist. 40: 80 (1980) |
Native Range | Utah (San Francisco Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2100m |
Description | densely grey strigose, leaves linear or spathulate, entire or at apex 3-5-lobate, stem leaves sessile, similar, flowers in raceme, petals suborbiculate, 2-4mm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white, pale purple |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |