Haplopappus nuttallii
Torr.&A.Gray.
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Description
Haplopappus nuttallii is a PERENNIAL growing to 0.3 m (1ft). The species is hermaphrodite (has both male and female organs) and is pollinated by Insects. Suitable for: light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, prefers well-drained soil and can grow in nutritionally poor soil. Suitable pH: mildly acid, neutral and basic (mildly alkaline) soils. It can grow in semi-shade (light woodland) or no shade. It prefers moist soil.
Edible Uses
A drink is made from the roots.
Medicinal Uses
Antitussive. Antitussive
Distribution
Western N. America - Saskatchewan to Montana, south to New Mexico and Montana.
Where It Grows
NORTHERN AMERICA: Canada (Saskatchewan (south), Alberta (south)), United States (Nebraska (west), North Dakota, South Dakota, Colorado (west), Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico (northwest), Arizona (north), Nevada (east), Utah)
Cultivation
Succeeds in ordinary garden soil in a sunny position. Requires a well-drained deep gritty or gravelly soil, preferably of low fertility.
Propagation
Seed - sow spring in a greenhouse. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Division.
