Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Antennaria pulcherrima (Hook.) Greene trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Pittonia 3: 176 (1897) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to e. Canada and nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | alluvial gravel |
Altitude | 0-3000m |
Description | basal leaves 3-5-veined, spathulate to lanceolate, acute, grey pubescent to silvery lanate, stem leaves linear, capitula 3-30 in corymb or panicle |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Antennaria carpatica var. pulcherrima Hook. Antennaria pulcherrima var. angustisquama A.E.Porsild Antennaria pulcherrima var. sordida B.Boivin |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia, MAN Manitoba, SAS Saskatchewan) 72 Eastern Canada (ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |