Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chrysogonum virginianum L. trib. Heliantheae |
Synonyms | Chrysogonum diotostephus DC. |
Diotostephus repens Cass. | |
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 | tuft |
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 |
Territory |
Northern America
Northeastern U.S.A. (New York , Ohio , Pennsylvania , West Virginia ) Southeastern U.S.A. (Kentucky , Maryland , North Carolina , South Carolina , Virginia , District of Columbia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
virginianum australe (Alexander ex Small) H.E.Ahles, J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 80: 173 (1964)
virginianum brevistolon G.L.Nesom, Sida 19(4): 817 (2001)
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