Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Hymenoxys bigelovii (A.Gray) K.F.Parker trib. Helenieae |
Bibliography | Madrońo 10: 159 (1950) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets |
Altitude | 1300-2500m |
Description | stem green, leaves usually simple, rarely trilobate, glabrous to hirsute, capitula 1-5, pedicellate, involucre hemispherical, 2-seriate, phyllaries lanceolate, acute |
Size | 20-70cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Actinea bigelovii (A.Gray) A.Nelson Actinella bigelovii A.Gray Macdougalia bigelovii (A.Gray) A.Heller |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |