Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ericameria cuneata (A.Gray) McClatchie trib. Astereae |
Bibliography | Erythea 2: 124 (1894) |
Native Range | sw. USA to New Mexico and nw. Mexico |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 600-2800m |
Description | glabrous, dark green, leaves crowded, cuneate to orbiculate-obovate, entire, 5-20mm, thick, capitula in compact cyme, ligules usually absent |
Size | 10-90cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer, autumn |
Ca | - |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Aster cuneatus (A.Gray) Kuntze Bigelowia rupestris Greene Chrysoma cuneata (A.Gray) Greene Haplopappus cuneatus A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, CAL California, NEV Nevada) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) 79 Mexico (MXN Mexico Northwest) |