Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla baileyi (S.Watson) Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 1: 105 (1887) |
Native Range | California to Nevada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 1000-2600m |
Description | leaves 3-10cm, flat, leaflets 2-6 pairs, remote, 4-10mm, orbiculate, dentate, stem leaves 1-2, inflorescence open, 5-15-flowered, flowers 4-8mm across, petals oblanceolate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer and fall |
Synonyms | Horkelia baileyi (S.Watson) Rydb. Ivesia baileyi S.Watson Ivesia baileyi ssp. typica D.D.Keck |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada) |