Family | POLEMONIACEAE |
Genus species | Polemonium delicatum Rydb. |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 28: 29 (1901) |
Native Range | wc. USA |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glandular, leaves 3-8cm, leaflets 5-11 pairs, thin, ovate or oblong, acute, 3-10mm, inflorescence ramose, floral peduncles thin, 5-15mm, corolla broadly campanulate, ca. 8mm |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
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. 1-3 months, 18-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer |
Synonyms | Polemonium delicatum f. coryphocola (Clem. ex Brand) Wherry Polemonium delicatum ssp. scopulinum (Greene ex Rydb.) Wherry Polemonium delicatum ssp. typicum Wherry Polemonium pulcherrimum var. delicatum (Rydb.) Cronquist Polemonium pulcherrimum ssp. delicatum (Rydb.) Brand Polemonium scopulinum Greene ex Rydb. |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, NEV Nevada, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |