Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tetraneuris torreyana (Nutt.) Greene trib. Helenieae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 265 (1898) |
Native Range | nw. USA to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1300-3100m |
Description | basal leaves spathulate or oblanceolate, entire, sparsely hirsute, densely glandular punctate, capitula solitary, phyllaries conspicuously scarious, ligules 11-17mm long |
Size | 2-15cm |
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, 10-16°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Actinea depressa (Torr. & A.Gray) Kuntze Actinea torreyana (Nutt.) J.F.Macbr. Actinella depressa Torr. & A.Gray Actinella torreyana Nutt. Hymenoxys depressa (Torr. & A.Gray) S.L.Welsh Hymenoxys lapidicola S.L.Welsh & Neese Hymenoxys torreyana (Nutt.) K.F.Parker Tetraneuris depressa Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |