Family | ROSACEAE |
Genus species | Potentilla kingii (S.Watson) Greene |
Bibliography | Pittonia 1: 105 (1887) |
Native Range | e. California to Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1200-2400m |
Description | taproot, stems glabrous, basal leaves numerous, glabrous, pinnate, leaflets 20-25 pairs, crowded, 3-5mm long, pinnate into 2-4 ovate segments, flowers in narrow cyme |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | 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, 18-21°C cuttings in late summer and in fall |
Synonyms | Horkelia kingii (S.Watson) Rydb. Ivesia kingii S.Watson Potentilla kingii var. incerta M.E.Jones |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) |