Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ericameria nana Nutt. trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 319 (1840) |
Native Range | w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1300-2900m |
Description | leaves very numerous, narrowly linear-spathulate to linear, to 2cm long, acute, resinous, capitula in small leafy cymes, rays 0-8 |
Size | 5-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chrysoma nana (Nutt.) Greene Chrysothamnus nanus (Nutt.) Howell Haplopappus nanus (Nutt.) D.C.Eaton |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (IDA Idaho, MNT Montana, ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |