Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla drummondii Lehm. |
Bibliography | Nov. Stirp. Pug. 2: 9 (1830) |
Native Range | Alaska to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 300-3700m |
Description | leaves pinnate, leaflets 5-11, crowded, obovate-cuneate, 10-25mm long, about to one-half incised, cyme many flowered, lax, petals 6-11mm long |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Potentilla anomalifolia M.Peck Potentilla cascadensis Rydb. Potentilla dissecta var. drummondii (Lehm.) Kurtz Potentilla drummondii var. cascadensis (Rydb.) Th.Wolf Potentilla drummondii var. genuina Th.Wolf Potentilla drummondii ssp. typica D.D.Keck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska) 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |