Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Phlox hirsuta E.E.Nelson |
Bibliography | Revis. W. N. Amer. Phlox.: 28 (1899) |
Native Range | n. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 1000-1500m |
Description | branchlets densely long hirsute, leaves thick, rigid, ovate or lanceolate, on sterile branchlets linear, flowers subsessile, lobes of corolla broadly cuneate-obovate, 8mm |
Size | 30-40cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 3-6 months, 16-18°C cuttings in spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Phlox stansburyi var. hirsuta (E.E.Nelson) Jeps. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |