Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Conimitella williamsii (D.C.Eaton) Rydb. |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 22: 97 (1905) |
Native Range | Alberta to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 500-2400m |
Description | leaves thinly petiolate, reniform, weakly coriaceous, abaxially purple, crenate, scabrous ciliate, flowers 5-10 in raceme, petals oblanceolate to rhombic, 4-5mm long |
Size | 20-60cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring |
Synonyms | Lithophragma williamsii (D.C.Eaton) Greene Heuchera williamsii D.C.Eaton Tellima williamsii (D.C.Eaton) Canby |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WYO Wyoming) |