Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tetradymia canescens DC. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 440 (1838) |
Native Range | w. Canada to w. USA and New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 400-3300m |
Description | densely white tomentose, leaves linear or oblanceolate, 1-3cm, sometimes in axills with fascicles of smaller leaves, capitula in small racemes, at apex of branchlets |
Size | 10-80cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Tetradymia canescens var. inermis (Nutt.) A.Gray Tetradymia canescens var. linearis Payson Tetradymia canescens var. typica Payson Tetradymia inermis Nutt. |
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. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |