Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Galium grayanum Ehrend. |
Bibliography | Contr. Dudley Herb. 5: 15 (1956) |
Native Range | California to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1900-3500m |
Description | leaves in whorls of four, 4-17mm, broadly ovate to obovate or orbiculate, obtuse, inflorescence narrow, leafy, flowers few on ascending pedicels, corolla rotate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow, red |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |