Mount Hood Pussypaws
Calyptridium umbellatum
zones 2-4
50 seeds
Calyptridium umbellatum, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Mount Hood Pussypaws. The low to the ground plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and east to Colorado. It grows in a number of habitat types, including areas inhospitable to many other plant types, such as those with alpine scree slopes and sand hills.
Plants produce one or more small, basal rosettes of spatula-shaped leaves from which rise a single, purplish, leafless stem, topped by a dense, spherical cluster of several dozen pinkish-purple flowers. Leaves are usually around 2 inches long but can be up to 5 inches. Stems are leaning. Leaves and stems are hairless.
The small flowers have two round, white or pale pink sepals, four oblong petals, three stamens with yellow or red anthers, and a thread-like style with two stigmas. The petals and sepals are approximately equal in length. The flower cluster is between 2 and 3 inches in diameter.
These seeds are best sown directly into gravelly or well-drained area that doesn't receive regular watering during the drier months. Stored seed should have 30 days cold-moist stratification before being shallowly sown in prepared gravelly or sandy area in early spring.
Calyptridium umbellatum
zones 2-4
50 seeds
Calyptridium umbellatum, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Mount Hood Pussypaws. The low to the ground plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and east to Colorado. It grows in a number of habitat types, including areas inhospitable to many other plant types, such as those with alpine scree slopes and sand hills.
Plants produce one or more small, basal rosettes of spatula-shaped leaves from which rise a single, purplish, leafless stem, topped by a dense, spherical cluster of several dozen pinkish-purple flowers. Leaves are usually around 2 inches long but can be up to 5 inches. Stems are leaning. Leaves and stems are hairless.
The small flowers have two round, white or pale pink sepals, four oblong petals, three stamens with yellow or red anthers, and a thread-like style with two stigmas. The petals and sepals are approximately equal in length. The flower cluster is between 2 and 3 inches in diameter.
These seeds are best sown directly into gravelly or well-drained area that doesn't receive regular watering during the drier months. Stored seed should have 30 days cold-moist stratification before being shallowly sown in prepared gravelly or sandy area in early spring.
Calyptridium umbellatum
zones 2-4
50 seeds
Calyptridium umbellatum, is a species of flowering plant known by the common name Mount Hood Pussypaws. The low to the ground plant is native to western North America from British Columbia to California and east to Colorado. It grows in a number of habitat types, including areas inhospitable to many other plant types, such as those with alpine scree slopes and sand hills.
Plants produce one or more small, basal rosettes of spatula-shaped leaves from which rise a single, purplish, leafless stem, topped by a dense, spherical cluster of several dozen pinkish-purple flowers. Leaves are usually around 2 inches long but can be up to 5 inches. Stems are leaning. Leaves and stems are hairless.
The small flowers have two round, white or pale pink sepals, four oblong petals, three stamens with yellow or red anthers, and a thread-like style with two stigmas. The petals and sepals are approximately equal in length. The flower cluster is between 2 and 3 inches in diameter.
These seeds are best sown directly into gravelly or well-drained area that doesn't receive regular watering during the drier months. Stored seed should have 30 days cold-moist stratification before being shallowly sown in prepared gravelly or sandy area in early spring.