Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum anemophilum Greene sect. Eucycla |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 199 (1897) |
Native Range | Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-2600m |
Description | leaves to 1cm, elliptic to obovate, abaxially densely white tomentose, adaxially thinly tomentose, scapes tomentose, flowers in head, involucres crowded, 3-5, obconical |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | creamy white |
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 anemophilum var. cusickii Gand. Eriogonum ochrocephalum ssp. anemophilum (Greene) S.Stokes |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada) |