Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Hymenoxys helenioides (Rydb.) Cockerell trib. Helenieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 481 (1904) |
Native Range | Colorado to Arizona and Utah |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-3000m |
Description | leaves pinnatilobate, lobes 2-5, finely glandular-punctate, glabrous to finely pubescent, 5-15cm long, inflorescence paniculate, disc 10-21mm across, rays 9-11, 8-19mm long |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Actinea helenioides (Rydb.) S.F.Blake Dugaldia helenioides (Rydb.) A.Nelson Picradenia helenioides Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) |