Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Crocanthemum scoparium (Nutt.) Millsp. |
Bibliography | Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 5: 175 (1923) |
Native Range | California to Baja California Norte |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1200m |
Description | leaves 10-25mm long, narrowly linear, revolute, short-lived, flowers 10-14mm, in small terminal leafy panicle |
Size | 10-45cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Halimium aldersonii Standl. Halimium scoparium (Nutt.) Grosser Helianthemum scoparium Nutt. Linum trisepalum Kellogg |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |