Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum lachnogynum Torr. ex Benth. sect. Eucycla |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 14: 8 (1856) |
Native Range | Colorado to c. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-2400m |
Description | leaves basal, lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 10-25mm, densely tomentose, petiolate, inflorescence capitate, involucres crowded, 5-8, turbinate to campanulate |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Eriogonum lachnogynum ssp. tetraneuris (Small) S.Stokes Eriogonum lachnogynum ssp. typicum S.Stokes Eriogonum tetraneuris Small |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas, OKL Oklahoma) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico, TEX Texas) |