Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone eastwoodiae (Rydb.) Ikonn. |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 139 (1973) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico and nw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1200-2200m |
Description | leaves acicular, 1-3cm, rigid, at apex spinose, glabrous to strigose, green, flowers 5-15 in lax cyme, pedicellate, petals oblanceolate, 4-7mm long |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria eastwoodiae Rydb. Arenaria fendleri var. eastwoodiae (Rydb.) S.L.Welsh |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |