Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pyrrocoma howellii (A.Gray) Greene trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Erythea 2: 70 (1894) |
Native Range | Idaho to se. Oregon and Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1600-2500m |
Description | basal leaves linear, grass-like, entire, velutinous-hirsute, stem leaves smaller, capitula solitary, terminal, involucre hemispherical, 2-seriate, phyllaries linear |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Haplopappus howellii A.Gray Haplopappus inuloides var. howellii (A.Gray) B.Boivin Haplopappus inuloides var. linearis (D.D.Keck) B.Boivin Haplopappus uniflorus var. howellii (A.Gray) M.Peck Haplopappus uniflorus ssp. howellii (A.Gray) H.M.Hall Haplopappus uniflorus ssp. linearis D.D.Keck Pyrrocoma linearis (D.D.Keck) Kartesz & Gandhi |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada) |