Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum nanum Reveal sect. Eucycla |
Bibliography | Phytologia 25: 194 (1973) |
Native Range | Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2400-2600m |
Description | caespitose, leaves narrowly lanceolate to narrowly elliptic, 1-2cm, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially greenish, crenate, inflorescence capitate, 1-5cm, involucres 3-7 |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | yellow-green, whitish |
Bloom | summer |
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 brevicaule var. nanum (Reveal) S.L.Welsh Eriogonum grayi Reveal |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |