Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Crepis modocensis Greene trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Erythea 3: 48 (1895) |
Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-2500m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, lanceolate, pinnatilobate, segments lanceolate, dentate, teeth mucronate, capitula 1-9 in corymb, involucre cylindrical, phyllaries green, lanceolate |
Size | 5-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Crepis modocensis ssp. typica Babc. & Stebbins Crepis scopulorum Coville Crepis subacaulis Coville Psilochenia modocensis (Greene) W.A.Weber |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon, WAS Washington, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |