Luetkea

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Read about Luetkea in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Luetkea (after Kr. Luetke, Russian sea captain, in charge of the fourth Russian voyage around the world). Syn. Eriogynia. Rosaceae. A prostrate and trailing undershrub, forming dense carpets, with ascending flowering shoots 2-6 in. high, small alternate trifid lvs. and small white fls. in upright racemes. It is closely related to Spiraea, but differs in its habit, the 3-cleft lvs., in the carpels being dehiscent on both sutures and in the stamens being connate at the base. It is best adapted for rockeries and to be treated like other alpine plants; it is rarely seen in cult. Prop. is by greenwood cuttings and division. The only species is L. pectinata, Kuntze (Spiraea pectinata, Torr. & Gray. Eriogynia pectinata, Hook.). Lvs. 3-cleft, with linear lobes trifid at the apex, bright green, with the petiole ½ - ¾ in. long: racemes 1-2 in. long; fls. white, 1/3 in. across. Alaska to Calif., in the high mountains. Bot. Gaz. 15:241, pl. 14. Hooker, Fl. Bor. Am. 88. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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