Family | CISTACEAE |
Genus species | Crocanthemum propinquum (E.P.Bicknell) E.P.Bicknell |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 40: 615 (1913) |
Native Range | e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sands and heaths |
Altitude | 0-1500m |
Description | stem leaves shortly petiolate, oblanceolate to narrowly oblanceolate-elliptic, adaxially dark green, abaxially tomentose, obtuse to acute, entire, flowers in cyme |
Size | 8-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helianthemum propinquum E.P.Bicknell |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAS Masachusettes, NWH New Hampshire, NWJ New Jersey, NWY New York, PEN Pennsylvania, RHO Rhode I.) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (DEL Delaware, GEO Georgia, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |