Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pyrrocoma uniflora (Hook.) Greene trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Erythea 2: 60 (1894) |
Native Range | Northwest Territorie to w. & wc. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1400-2900m |
Description | taproot, leaves villose-tomentose to glabrous, basal leaves conspicuous, sharply dentate, oblanceolate to elliptic, capitula solitary, disc to 2cm, rays 25-50, 6-10mm long |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Aster uniflorus (Hook.) Kuntze Doria uniflora Hook. Haplopappus contractus H.M.Hall Haplopappus inuloides Torr. & A.Gray Haplopappus uniflorus (Hook.) Torr. & A.Gray Haplopappus uniflorus ssp. typicus H.M.Hall Homopappus inuloides Nutt. Homopappus uniflorus (Hook.) Nutt. Hoorebekia uniflora (Hook.) M.E.Jones Pyrrocoma acuminata Rydb. Pyrrocoma inuloides (Torr. & A.Gray) Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (NWT Northwest Territories) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, SAS Saskatchewan) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |