Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum shockleyi S.Watson sect. Eucycla |
Bibliography | Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 18: 194 (1883) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 800-2600m |
Description | floccose to tomentose, greenish or grey, leaves basal, fasciculate, oblanceolate to spathulate, 3-8mm, flat, inflorescence capitate, 8-20mm, involucres 2-4, campanulate |
Size | 3-5cm |
Color | white, rose, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 | Eriogonum acaule var. longilobum (M.E.Jones) M.E.Jones Eriogonum acaule var. shockleyi (S.Watson) M.E.Jones Eriogonum longilobum M.E.Jones Eriogonum pulvinatum Small Eriogonum shockleyi ssp. candidum (M.E.Jones) S.Stokes Eriogonum shockleyi ssp. longilobum (M.E.Jones) S.Stokes Eriogonum shockleyi var. longilobum (M.E.Jones) Reveal Eriogonum shockleyi var. packardiae Reveal Eriogonum shockleyi ssp. typicum S.Stokes Eriogonum villiflorum var. candidum M.E.Jones |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |