Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Townsendia condensata Parry trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Amer. Naturalist. 8: 213 (1874) |
Native Range | Alberta to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | villose, acaulescent, leaves narrowly to broadly spathulate, 10-15mm long, long petiolate, crowded around large, sessile capitula, ligules numerous, 1-2cm long |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in spring |
Synonyms | Townsendia anomala Heiser Townsendia condensata var. anomala (Heiser) Dorn |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, UTA Utah) |