Characteristics
An evergreen rounded shrub. It grows 1-1.5 m high. The small branches are felted and have small glands. The leaves are oval or egg shaped. They have prominent veins. The leaves are dark green on the upper surface and scaly and with a whitish bloom underneath. The flowers are white and in clusters at the ends of branches.
| Life form |
perennial
|
| Growth form |
shrub
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
|
| Foliage retention |
evergreen
|
| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
|
| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
|
| Mature width (meter) |
-
|
| Mature height (meter) |
1.3 - 1.45
|
| Root system |
-
|
| Rooting depth (meter) |
0.5
|
| Root diameter (meter) |
-
|
| Flower color |
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| Blooming months |
| Jan | Feb | Mar | | Apr | May | Jun | | Jul | Aug | Sep | | Oct | Nov | Dec |
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| Fruit color |
-
|
| Fruiting months |
-
|
| Nitrogen fixer |
-
|
| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
It is a temperate plant. It grows in open woods in the Rocky Mountains. It is usually above 2,000 above sea level. It suits hardiness zones 2-8.
| Light |
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| Soil humidity |
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| Soil texture |
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| Soil acidity |
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
The fresh or dried leaves can be used for tea. The fresh leaves can be chewed.
Cultivation
Can be grown by seedlings.
| Mode |
seedlings
|
| Germination duration (days) |
30 - 60
|
| Germination temperacture (C°) |
12 - 18
|
| Germination luminosity |
-
|
| Germination treatment |
-
|
| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-23
|
| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
|
| Size |
-
|
| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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