Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Oönopsis engelmannii (A.Gray) Greene trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 45 (1896) |
Native Range | Colorado to Kansas |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-1900m |
Description | leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate, 1-8cm, entire, glabrous, capitula discoid, involucre 7-12mm, phyllaries obtuse or acute |
Size | 6-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Aster angelandri Kuntze Bigelowia engelmannii A.Gray Chondrophora engelmannii (A.Gray) Britton Haplopappus engelmannii (A.Gray) H.M.Hall |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (KAN Kansas) |