Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chaenactis santolinoides Greene trib. Helenieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 9: 17 (1882) |
Native Range | California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2900m |
Description | leaves in dense basal rosette, white tomentose, punctate, linear-oblong, pinnatisect, with many short, crispate segments, capitula solitary, involucre densely glandular |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late 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 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Chaenactis santolinoides var. indurata Stockw. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |