Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chrysothamnus vaseyi Greene trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Erythea 3: 96 (1895) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1700-2900m |
Description | viscid, leaves linear, 1-4cm long, punctate, capitula shortly pedicellate in dense cymiform arrays to 5cm wide, involucre cylidrical, 3-4-seriate, phyllaries ovate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Aster vaseyi Kuntze Bigelowia vaseyi A.Gray Chrysothamnus bakeri Greene Ericameria vaseyi (A.Gray) L.C.Anderson |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |