Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Geum turbinatum Rydb. |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 24: 91 (1897) |
Native Range | Colorado to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Description | stems glabrous, basal leaves in outline oblong, pinnate, 5-12cm, stem leaves alternate, smaller, pinnatifid, flowers 1-3, erect, petals spreading, suborbiculate |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring |
Synonyms | Acomastylis arapahoensis Daniels Acomastylis gracilipes (Piper) Greene Acomastylis rossii ssp. turbinata (Rydb.) W.A.Weber Acomastylis turbinata (Rydb.) Greene Acomastylis turbinata f. arapahoensis (Daniels) F.Bolle Acomastylis turbinata f. helolochmocola Clem. ex F.Bolle Acomastylis turbinata f. nana Clem. ex F.Bolle Acomastylis turbinata f. scapoidea (A.Nelson) F.Bolle Geum gracilipes (Piper) M.Peck Geum rossii var. turbinatum (Rydb.) C.L.Hitchc. Potentilla gracilipes Piper Sieversia gracilipes (Piper) Greene Sieversia scapoides A.Nelson Sieversia turbinata (Rydb.) Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |