Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Encelia nutans Eastw. trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Zoe 2: 230 (1891) |
Native Range | Colorado to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1300-1900m |
Description | green, scabrous-strigose, leaves basal, orbiculate to deltate-ovate or elliptic, 2-7cm long, scape virgate, capitula discoid, 20-35mm across |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Enceliopsis nutans (Eastw.) A.Nelson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |