Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla muirii (A.Gray) Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 1: 106 (1887) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2900-4000m |
Description | leaves densely silvery sericeous, basal, numerous, 2-10cm, cylindrical, vermiculate, pinnate, segments imbricate, flowers numerous, crowded in cyme, petals linear, short |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Horkelia chandleri Rydb. Horkelia muirii (A.Gray) Rydb. Ivesia chandleri (Rydb.) Rydb. Ivesia muirii A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |