Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ericameria ophitidis (J.T.Howell) G.L.Nesom trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Phytologia 68: 153 (1990) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | thickets and steppes |
Altitude | 1500-1700m |
Description | glabrous, leaves 5-15mm, linear, curved, sharply acute, capitula solitary, discoid, involucre subcylindrical, 5-6-seriate, outer phyllaries leaf-like with green apex |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Haplopappus bloomeri var. ophitidis J.T.Howell Haplopappus ophitidis (J.T.Howell) D.D.Keck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |