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Hooker's sandwort
Eremogone hookeri
Fort Collins
- Synonyms
- Arenaria hookeri
- Dimensions
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Height: 4.0 in. (or less) to 8.0 in.
Spread: 4.0 in.; to 1.5 ft. - Growth Form
- Herbaceous, Subshrub
- Program Association
- Nature in the City, Xeriscape Incentive Program
- Wildlife Uses
- Pollinators/ Invertebrates
- Sun Requirements
- Full Sun
- Water Requirements
- Very Low
- Plant Community
- Alpine, Foothills, Mountains, Plains, Subalpine
- Season of Bloom
- May, June, July
- Flower Color
- White Shades
- Leaf Color
- Green Shades
- Aggressiveness
- Not aggressive
- Design Considerations
- Small Spaces
- Other Considerations
- No City Data
- Duration
- Perennial
- Natural Landscape Position
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Fort Collins Model
1, 2 - Soil Type
- Rocky, Sandy
- Pests/Disease Prone
- No
- Hazards/Toxic
- No City Data.
Notes
Flora of North America recognizes two varieties of E. hookeri (hookeri & pinetorum), both native to the Fort Collins area. They differ from each other in the length of their basal leaves and the width of their inflorescence. Great for rock gardens.