Petrophyton caespitosum (Rosaceae) (10x40, Z3, P, L, 1) ……………............…………. 100 seeds / $3.50

 12034.13  (W) Johnson Co., WY, 8200ft, 2500m.  Also spelled Petrophytum.  Slow-growing, bright blue-green mats produce white Astilbe-like spikes in late summer.  Highly adaptable to most fast-draining soils.  I have found this calciphile remarkably easy to grow.

Petunia integrifolia (Solanaceae) (16x45,A,L,1) .................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.00

 59879.07    Ascending runners spread from a central root and are massed with 1-1/2" (4 cm) vivid plum-purple flowers all summer.   Photo

Phacelia sericea (Hydrophyllaceae) (16x14,Z3,P,L,3:6w) .................................................... 100 seeds / $2.50

 76415.36  (W) Park Co., CO, 12150ft, 3704m.   Showy spikes of blue-purple with exserted golden stamens. Silver-gray, dissected basal leaves.   Photo

Phacelia sericea (20x12, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) ………………………………………................... 70 seeds / $3.00

 76415.23  (W) Park Co., WY, 8200ft, 2500m.  A somewhat dwarfer version of the Colorado population found on volcanic screes during the Penstemon absarokensis trek.

Phemeranthus teretifolius (Portulacaceae) (10x10,Z9,P,L,1) ................................................. 60 seeds / $3.00

 78414.08   Terete leaves on small caudiciforms with crisscrossing stems bearing pale purple flowers. Cute.

Philadelphus lewisii (Philadelphaceae) (220x150,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ............................................ 100 seeds / $3.50

 54432.10  (W) Adams Co., ID, 4000ft, 1220m.  One of the truly outstanding shrubs of the Pacific Northwest. In mid-summer, hundreds of white, Dogwood-like flowers burst into fragrant splendor on every bush.    Photo1    Photo2

Phlomis tuberosa (Lamiaceae) (90x28,Z5,P,L,3:4w) ……………………..............……….... 25 seeds / $3.50

 78950.05    Whorls of pink to purple flowers along multiple stems arising from a woody crown, the roots sprouting small tubers. Coarsely-veined, pubescent leaves. Native from Europe to Asia.

Phlox aculeata (Polemoniaceae) (5x20,Z5,P,C,3:12w) ..................................................... 18 seeds / $5.00 01300.52 (W) Blaine Co., ID, 4800ft, 1463m. Loose cushions of awl-shaped leaves with pale to deep pink flowers. Found throughout the Snake River Plains.

Phlox adsurgens (Polemoniaceae) (7x16,Z5,P,L,4:12w) ............................................. 10 seeds / $6.00 15576.66 (W) Josephine Co., OR, 5500ft, 1677m. This loosely-mat-forming perennial with ovate leaves spreads slowly stoloniferously and sprouts numerous scapes terminating in open clusters of fragrant, broad-petalled pale- to deep-pink flowers, often with dark markings in the center. Photo

Phlox alyssifolia ssp. abdita (2x10,Z4,P,C,4:12w) …………..……………...............…….. 15 seeds / $6.00

 05510.25  (W) Pennington Co., SD, 6600ft, 2012m.  Mats of stiff, wide leaves are covered with large, wide-open flowers colored pink, lavender or white. On limestone hills covered with pine duff.

Phlox austromontana (5x15,Z5,P,C,4:10w) .......................................................................... 12 seeds / $6.00

 10167.40  (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 6500ft, 1982m.  Spiny, loose mats, the awl-shaped leaves measuring up to 1 cm long.  Very wide color variation among populations, this one has some very nice rosy-pink forms.

Phlox austromontana v. jonesii (Polemoniaceae) (10x24,Z6,P,C,3:8w) ................... 12 seeds / $6.00 10168.11 (W) Washington Co., UT, 4200ft, 1280m. A more colorful and robust form of an otherwise fairly widespread species, restricted to SW Utah. Myriad bright pink, almost red, flowers adorn prickly plants covered with long awl-shaped leaves. Growing on S- and W-facing basalt slopes. Photo

Phlox colubrina (15x35,Z6,P,L,4:12w) .................................................................................. 20 seeds / $6.00

 12794.18  (W) Washington Co., ID, 2300ft, 701m.  Masses of vibrant, deep pink, long-petalled flowers.   Photo

Phlox griseola (Polemoniaceae) (3x20,Z5,P,C,4:12w) ............................................... 10 seeds / $7.00 32772.11 (W) Iron Co., UT, 6500ft, 1982m. Superb gray-green, tight, bumpy-surfaced cushions studded with white to pale pink fragrant flowers. Photo

Phlox multiflora (white) (3x20,Z3,P,C,4:12w) ....................................................................... 20 seeds / $6.00

 56994.37  (W) Big Horn Co., WY 9100ft, 2775m.  These extensive alpine mats transform into sheets of large white flowers.   Photo

Phlox pilosa ssp. riparia (8x20,Z7,P,L,3:8w) ........................................................................ 15 seeds / $5.00

 70594.17  (W) Kerr Co., TX, 2200ft, 671m.  The dwarfest among the Phlox pilosa clan. Bright, deep-pink flowers over hairy, glandular foliage.   Photo

Phlox pungens (4x10,Z4,P,C,4:12w) ...................................................................................... 10 seeds / $7.50

 70998.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6700ft, 2043m.  Dense and prickly mats of stiff, ribbed leaves cover themselves with white flowers. Endemic to tuffaceous soils in west-central Wyoming.   Photo

Phlox roemeriana (8x10,A,C,2) ............................................................................................. 30 seeds / $4.00

 74639.10  (W) Edwards Co., TX, 2600ft, 793m.  Sumptuous deep lavender-pink flowers with gold starburst centers. A sparkling annual well worth growing from the limestone terraces of the Edwards Plateau.   Photo

Phlox speciosa (white) (Polemoniaceae) (12x24,Z6,P,C,3:12w) ...................................... 30 seeds / $5.00 76747.12 (W) Chelan Co., WA, 2500ft, 762m. These wonderfully-fragrant cushions with white, notched flowers cover the hills above Wenatchee in the spring like drifting snow.

Phlox stansburyi (12x14, Z6, P, C, 4:8w) ............................................................................. 40 seeds / $5.00

 76794.11  (W) Inyo Co., CA, 7200ft, 2195m.  Very viscid, lanceolate foliage erupt into dozens of white, pink-throated trumpets with unusually long tubes, over an inch (3 cm).  In volcanic desert soil.

Phlox stansburyi (dwarf form) (5x20,Z5,P,C,4:8w) …………………………..............….... 40 seeds / $5.00

 76795.25  (W) Mono Co., CA, 8000ft, 2439m.  Wonderful pink flowers covering stiff-leaved open mats. The corolla tubes are shorter and the plants are much dwarfer and more spreading than the preceding population.

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Phlox woodhousei (7x16,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................................... 15 seeds / $5.00

 92675.20  (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 7100ft, 2165m.  Narrow-leaved foliage and clusters of pink, white-throated, notched flowers. On level areas of loam derived from basalt.   Photo

Phyllodoce empetriformis (15x35,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................ 1000 seeds / $3.00

 39670.19  (W) Idaho Co., ID, 7400ft, 2256m.  Acicular leaves with deep pink campanulate flowers.   Photo

Physaria acutifolia (Brassicaceae) (6x16, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ..................................................... 50 seeds / $2.50

 01301.13  (W) Grand Co., UT, 7800ft, 2378m.  Handsome gray rosettes erupt into a blaze of yellow in late spring.  On loamy mountain screes.

Physaria alpina (4x14, Z3, P, L, 1) ....................................................................................... 75 seeds / $3.50

 05470.19  (W) Park Co., CO, 12100ft, 3689m.  Silver, offsetting rosettes surround themselves with deep yellow blossoms shading to almost orange in the throat.  On alpine screes. One of the best.   Photo

Physaria chambersii (9x10, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) .......................................................................... 50 seeds / $2.50

 12366.31  (W) Garfield Co., UT, 7400ft, 2256m.  Silvery-green rosettes have clusters of yellow flowers in the spring, followed by large balloons of tannish, angular fruit held erect.

Physaria condensata (2x7,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ................................................................................ 10 seeds / $5.00

 12800.16  (W) Lincoln Co., WY, 6900ft, 2104m.  Genuine xerophytes dwarfed by the constant wind and as silver-white as the gypsiferous badlands these plants grow on.  This new sp., described only in 1983, has decumbent, bright yellow racemes.  I have never seen much fruit set so seed always scarce.

Physaria dornii (6x16, Z4, P, C, 2) ........................................................................................ 75 seeds / $2.50

 15814.13  (W) Lincoln Co., WY, 6700ft, 2042m.  Yellow fls transform to voluminous brown fruits.

Physaria integrifolia v. monticola (14x8, Z3, P, L, 3:6w) ..................................................... 50 seeds / $3.00

 59878.13  (W) Sublette Co., WY, 8600ft, 2622m.  This silver-leaved alpine species bears yellow flowers and billows of fruit which are enormous compared to the small rosettes.

Physaria newberryi (8x18,Z6,P,L,3:6w) ................................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.50

 58433.27  (W) San Juan Co., NM, 7100ft, 2165m.  Large silver-gray rosettes produce the most voluminous fruit I have ever seen in this genus. Yellow flowers.

Physaria newberryi (7x12, Z5, P, L, 1) ................................................................................. 75 seeds / $2.50

 58433.17  (W) Coconino Co., AZ, 6750ft, 2058m.  Silver-gray rosettes produce yellow clouds of flowers.

Physaria rollinsii (2x5,Z4,P,L,3:5w) ...................................................................................... 40 seeds / $4.00

 74794.20  (W) Saguache Co., CO, 8300ft, 2530m.  One of the smallest in the genus, perfect for troughs.  Decumbent yellow flowers are splayed around silver-gray rosettes.

Physaria saximontana (4x10,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ........................................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 76234.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 6700ft, 2043m.  A choice dwarf species with chalky rosettes and clusters of yellow flowers. On tuffaceous mud/sandstone.

Physoplexis comosa (Campanulaceae) (6x9,Z4,P,GL,1) ............................................. 60 seeds / $4.00 12796.11 Ex Germany. Sessile, inflated flowers in umbels colored dark purple-blue near the corolla tips shading to lilac or bluish below. GA3 needed for timely germination. Photo

Pinus flexilis (Pinaceae) (540x360, Z3, P, C, 3:8w) ……………………….............……….. 45 seeds / $3.00

 30556.13  (W) Johnson Co., WY, 8200ft, 2500m.  "White Pine."  A regal pine similar to the Foxtail Pine with five leaves per bundle, each limned with very fine white lines.  Branches are incredibly tough, can be tied in knots without breaking.

Plectranthus argentatus (Lamiaceae) (45x45, Z11, P, L, 1) .................................................. 40 seeds / $2.50

 21432.04  A splendid foliage plant covered with thick, downy hairs which impart a silvery sheen.  Pale lilac flowers.

Polemonium brandegei (Polemoniaceae) (18x15, Z3, P, GL, 4:8w) …………....................... 80 seeds / $3.00

 10754.45  (W) Albany Co., WY, 7400ft, 2255m.  Spikes of large, snow-white, campanulate flowers.

Polemonium carneum (22x16,Z5,P,L,3:8w) .......................................................................... 60 seeds / $4.00

 12218.16  (W) Douglas Co., OR, 5025ft, 1532m.   Loose mounds of green, pinnate foliage bear flower heads in delicate shades of soft salmon-pink. Found here under the shade of coniferous forests but grows considerably more compact in full sun.

Polemonium chartaceum (8x18,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ………………………………...............….. 100 seeds / $4.00

 12364.15  (W) Siskiyou Co., CA, 8900ft, 2713m.  Tufted rosettes of chunky, sculptural leaves covered so thickly with glandular hairs as to impart a whitish cast to the plants. The funnelform, deep blue flowers appear in dense balls just above the foliage. A striking contrast to its habitat of deep brown andesite. One of the best.

Polemonium confertum (16x14, Z3, P, L, 3:8w) .................................................................. 100 seeds / $4.00

 12798.13  (W) Gunnison Co., CO, 12100ft, 3689m.  (= P. grayanum.)  A robust version of P. viscosum with super flower heads 3"-4" long.  Flaring, campanulate blossoms of bright sky-blue with orange anthers.  This collection from a remote section of Colorado which is rarely visited.

Polemonium foliosissimum v. alpinum (Polemoniaceae) (50x24,Z3,P,L,3:8w) ................ 100 seeds / $3.50 30794.11 (W) Cache Co., UT, 8600ft, 2622m. (= P. albiflorum.) Several upright stems from a central rootstalk bear large capitate flower clusters of snow white. The tallest of the species offered here.

Polemonium kiusianum (40x18,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ………………………….........…………….. 40 seeds / $3.00

 52501.05     Produces quantities of mid-blue to blue-violet flowers in summer. Japan.

Polemonium pauciflorum (32x65,Z6,P,L,3:6w) .................................................................... 90 seeds / $3.50

 70095.17  (W) Cochise Co., AZ, 6800ft, 2073m.  Lax, pinnate foliage, often climbing on surrounding shrubs, bearing long-tubed trumpets in various peach and pale yellow shades.

Polemonium pulcherrimum (12x14,Z5,P,L,3:6w) .................................................................. 90 seeds / $3.50

 70994.29  (W) Chelan Co., WA, 5000ft, 1524m.  More upright form compared to the Jackson Co., Oregon collection 70994.10.  Pinnate foliage, deep blue to pale blue flower heads.

Polemonium viscosum (Polemoniaceae) (10x16,Z3,P,L,3:6w) ..................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 90616.62 (W) Park Co., WY, 10450ft, 3186m. An apparent dwarf form here but may be only because of the exceptionally cold and windy conditions on this N-facing slope in the Beartooth Mtns. Small viscid leaves and trusses of purple-blue flowers.

Poliomintha incana (Lamiaceae) (50x50,Z5,P,C,1) ................................................................ 30 seeds / $4.00

 59813.39  (W) Garfield Co., UT, 6000ft, 1829m.  Broad bushlets with gray-silver, aromatic, linear leaves and pale lavender flowers.  Growing on pink sand dunes.   Photo

Pollia japonica (Commelinaceae) (90x90,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ........................................................... 40 seeds / $2.50

 50210.16  (W) Yoro Range, Japan, 200m.  A rhizomatous perennial with glossy, ginger-like leaves and panicles of small white flowers on long scapes. Clusters of blue berries in autumn. From Japan.

Potentilla pensylvanica (Rosaceae) (8x10,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ………………………..........…... 100 seeds / $3.00

 70398.15  (W) Iron Co., UT, 11300ft, 3445m.  A dwarf alpine form of this somewhat widely spread species. Olive-yellow-green plants with hairy, pinnate leaves and dense clusters of yellow flowers. On a windswept, E-facing, volcanic mountain summit.

Potentilla pulvinaris (4x14,Z5,P,L,3:6w) ............................................................................... 30 seeds / $4.00

 70995.08     Densely caespitose cushions with silvery-green, sericeous leaves and ¾" deep yellow flowers.

Potentilla thurberi (35x24, Z5, P, L, 3:6w) ............................................................................ 50 seeds / $3.00

 78372.04  Ex Santa Cruz Co., AZ, 9000ft.  Unusually large, showy 1¼” diameter, dark velvet-red flowers nearly all summer.  Attractive foliage typical of herbaceous Potentilla.  Sun to part shade.

Potentilla uniflora (4x16,Z3,P,L,3:6w) ................................................................................... 60 seeds / $4.00

 85857.29  (W) Park Co., CO, 12400ft, 3780m.  One of the best alpine cushion plants.  Tight buns of trifoliolate, silver-green leaves with solitary yellow flowers on short scapes.

Primula alcalina (Primulaceae) (10x5,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ....................................................... 100 seeds / $3.50 19412.12 (W) Custer Co., ID, 6465ft, 1971m. Tufts of fleshy, somewhat rugose, lanceolate leaves with short stems of capitate heads of small white flowers, their bases in yellow rings. Not spectacular, probably only of interest to collectors. In grassland several feet away from the creek. Photo

Primula angustifolia (Primulaceae) (4x3,Z3,P,L,3:8w) ........................................................... 40 seeds / $5.00

 19834.40  (W) El Paso Co., CO, 13500ft  Minute, slow-growing tufts of linear-spatulate leaves which bear deep violet flowers with a yellow throat. Primarily a Colorado endemic with small populations in NM and Idaho.

Cover photo 2011 ALPLAINS paper catalog.  Photo

Primula auricula (12x14,Z5,P,L,3:8w) .............................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.50 08759.00 Fleshy obovate leaves, often farinose, bearing clusters of deeply-notched, white-eyed, yellow flowers on short scapes. One of the easiest and most rewarding to grow.

Primula cusickiana (5x5,Z3,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................................... 70 seeds / $6.00

 13017.50  (W) Custer Co., ID, 10000ft, 3050m.  The entire short-stemmed inflorescence is farinose, bearing several glowing deep violet flowers with yellow bases, perfuming the air with a viola-like fragrance. Very early blooming, within a week after snowmelt. On wind-swept ridges just above timberline.

Primula cusickiana (Primulaceae) (7x6,Z5,P,L,3:8w) .................................................... 100 seeds / $5.00 13017.72 (W) Camas Co., ID, 5060ft, 1543m. Blue to violet-blue, round-petalled flowers shading to a darker ring around the yellow throat. This population, which bakes on the volcanic Snake River Plains all summer, is probably much more heat-tolerant than the alpine population. Photo

Primula parryi (18x20,Z3,P,L,3:6w) .................................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.00

 70214.49  (W) Boulder Co., CO, 10900ft, 3323m.  "Rocky Mountain Primrose" with magenta flowers.   Photo

Primula sieboldii (15x15,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ........................................................................ 70 seeds / $3.50 76435.00 The well-known Japanese Primula in a mix of colors over fringed foliage.

Primula specuicola (Primulaceae) (8x8,Z5,P,L,3:5w) ................................................. 100 seeds / $4.00 76718.31 (W) Grand Co., UT, 4500ft, 1372m. The rosettes of spatulate, sparsely-toothed leaves are covered with a white farina and bear delicate umbels of lavender-purple fls with a large white eye.

Primula suffrutescens (12x9,Z4,P,L,3:8w) .......................................................................... 100 seeds / $5.00

 76970.50  (W) Plumas Co., CA, 7400ft, 2256m.  Rosettes of spoon-shaped, toothed leaves dot the alpine tundra with bright heads of magenta in late summer.  This Sierran species is one of the best.   Photo

Primula uralensis (18x10,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ………………………………………..........……... 50 seeds / $3.00

 87419.07  (= P. veris ssp. macrocalyx.) Bright yellow flowers from inflated calyxes over rugose, hairy leaves.

Pteropyrum olivieri (Polygonaceae) (60x120,Z5,P,L,3:8w) ........................................ 30 seeds / $4.00 65463.00 Small shrubs with fascicled, oblong leaves and pale pink flowers, followed by deep rosy-pink, winged fruit. Native to Pakistan and Turkey.

Ptilotrichum spinosum (Brassicaceae) (8x30,Z5,P,L,1) ................................................... 60 seeds / $3.50 76731.01 Prickly, mounding shrublets of silver-gray leaves are densely covered with white to pink flowers early in the summer. From the Atlas Mountains.