Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tetraneuris epunctata A.Nelson trib. Helenieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Gaz. 37: 275 (1904) |
Native Range | Colorado to Wyoming and Utah |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1600-2700m |
Description | basal leaves crowded, glabrous, bright green, epunctate, narrowly spathulate or oblanceolate, 2-4cm, scapes sparsely sericeous, capitula solitary, 2-3cm, involucre lanate |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Actinea epunctata (A.Nelson) A.Nelson Actinella epunctata (A.Nelson) A.Nelson Hymenoxys acaulis var. epunctata (A.Nelson) Cronquist Tetraneuris acaulis var. epunctata (A.Nelson) Kartesz & Gandhi Tetraneuris crandallii Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (UTA Utah) |