Family | BORAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Oreocarya bakeri Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 4: 92 (1899) |
Native Range | Colorado to Arizona |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | stem hirsute, leaves oblanceolate, scabrously hirsute, inflorescence with few short branches, calyx hispid, corolla 4-5mm across, nutlets ovoid |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cryptantha bakeri (Greene) Payson Oreocarya eulophus Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |