Family | NYCTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Abronia alpina Brandegee |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 27: 456 (1899) |
Native Range | sc. California |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2600-3000m |
Description | leaves petiolate, 4-9mm, orbiculate, flowers 1-5, pedicellate, bracts 2-3mm, narrowly ovate, corolla tube 10-15mm, fruits 3-5mm, pentagonal, reticulate |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |