Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla atrorubens Rydb. |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 11 (1897) |
Native Range | Arizona to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 1800-2900m |
Description | stems finely pubescent, basal leaves long petiolate, palmati 5-7-merous, leaflets glabrous or sericeous, obovate, coarsely serrate, flowers in lax, ramose cyme, corolla 15mm |
Size | 40-70cm |
Color | deep red-purple |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Potentilla thurberi Rothr. Potentilla thurberi var. atrorubens (Rydb.) Kearney & Peebles |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |