Family | SAXIFRAGACEAE |
Genus species | Mitellastra caulescens (Nutt.) Howell |
Bibliography | Fl. N.W. Amer.: 201 (1898) |
Native Range | sw. Canada to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-2100m |
Description | often stoloniferous, leaves cordate, palmatilobate, lobes crenate, raceme elongate, lax, up to 25-flowered, petals 3-4mm long, pectinate-pinnate, segments 8, filiform |
Size | 15-45cm |
Color | greenish |
Bloom | spring |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Mitella caulescens Nutt. Mitella caulescens f. tonsa H.St.John |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |