Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Artemisia alaskana Rydb. trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | N. Amer. Fl. [N.L.Britton & al., eds.] 34(3): 281 (1916) |
Native Range | Subarctic America to w. Canada |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 100-2500m |
Description | leaves grey-green, obovate, trilobate to biternate-lobate, tomentose, capitula in panicle or raceme, involucre broadly campanulate, phyllaries ovate, tomentose |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | 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 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Artemisia kruhsiana ssp. alaskana (Rydb.) D.F.Murray & Elven Artemisia tyrrellii Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |