Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Eriogonum leptophyllum (Torr.) Wooton & Standl. sect. Eucycla |
Bibliography | Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 16: 118 (1913) |
Native Range | Utah to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1500-2300m |
Description | leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate, 2-6cm, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially subglabrous, green, revolute, inflorescence cymose, compact, involucre solitary, turbinate |
Size | 10-80cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer, autumn |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Eriogonum effusum var. leptophyllum Torr. Eriogonum microtheca var. leptophyllum (Torr.) Torr. & A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |