Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Linanthus watsonii (A.Gray) Wherry |
Bibliography | Aliso 5: 10 (1961) |
Native Range | w. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves numerous, nearly all opposite, 6-15mm long, palmatisect, segments 3-9, rigid, acute, flowers 15-28mm long, usually hexamerous |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | white, yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Gilia floribunda var. arida M.E.Jones Gilia watsonii A.Gray Leptodactylon watsonii Rydb. Leptodactylon watsonii f. aridum (M.E.Jones) Wherry Navarretia watsonii (A.Gray) Kuntze |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, IDA Idaho, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |