Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Packera contermina (Greenm.) J.F.Bain trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Novon 9: 457 (1999) |
Native Range | w. Canada to nw. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, carnose, ovate or spathulate, crenate, coarsely serrate to subentire, stem leaves smaller, sessile, lanceolate to linear, capitula 1-2 |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Senecio conterminus Greenm. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 71 Western Canada (ABT Alberta, BRC British Columbia) 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (MNT Montana, WAS Washington) |