Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio fremontii Torr. & A.Gray trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Fl. N. Amer. 2: 445 (1843) |
Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 2500-3500m |
Description | glabrous, leaves petiolate, ovate to oblanceolate, margins lacerate to subentire, capitula 1-5, involucre 5-11mm, ligules 8-12mm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio ductoris Piper Senecio occidentalis var. rotundatus Rydb. Senecio spartioides var. fremontii Greenm. ex L.O.Williams |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |