Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chrysogonum virginianum L. trib. Heliantheae |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 920 (1753) |
Native Range | e. USA |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 0-700m |
Description | leaves opposite, petiolate, elliptic-ovate, crenate, hirsute, capitula 1-2, involucre hemispherical, 7-10mm, biseriate, bracts patent, oblong oblanceolate, foliate |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Chrysogonum virginianum var. dentatum A.Gray |
Territory | 7 Northern America 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (NWY New York, OHI Ohio, PEN Pennsylvania, WVA West Virginia) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (KTY Kentucky, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, VRG Virginia, WDC District of Columbia) |