Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Polemonium elegans Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 305 (1898) |
Native Range | c. British Columbia to n. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | taproot, densely glandular hirsute, leaves mainly basal, pinnate, segments crowded, inflorescence capitate, flowers infundibuliform, 12-15mm long |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | dark blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Polemonium bicolor Greenm. Polemonium elegans f. bicolor (Greenm.) Wherry Polemonium viscosum ssp. elegans (Greene) Brand |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |