Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Chamaechaenactis scaposa Rydb. trib. Helenieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 156 (1906) |
Native Range | w. USA to New Mexico |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Altitude | 1400-2600m |
Description | leaves entire, basal, lanceolate-ovate to orbiculate, abaxially white hirsute, adaxially glabrous, petiolate, capitula discoid, terminal, involucre villose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale pink, white |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Actinella carnosa A.Nelson Chaenactis scaposa Eastw. Chamaechaenactis scaposa var. parva Preece & B.L.Turner |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (COL Colorado, WYO Wyoming) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (ARI Arizona, UTA Utah) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (NWM New Mexico) |