Mostly of interest to returning customers, this page shows only the new collections acquired since the publication of the 2008 ALPLAINS seed catalog.

Neolloydia johnsonii v. lutescens (Cactaceae) (13x9,Z8,P,GL,2) .......................................... 40 seeds / $3.50

 50755.18  (W) Yavapai Co., AZ, 3000ft, 915m.  Solitary barrels covered with dense, thick, gray-purple spines.  Chartreuse flowers with red throats.

Nepeta yunnanensis (60x50,Z6,P,L,1) ................................................................................. 20 seeds / $3.50

 96978.07   An imposing beauty of textured, gray-green foliage and spikes of deep blue flowers all summer.

Origanum calcaratum (Lamiaceae) (35x30,Z9,P,L,1) ............................................................ 30 seeds / $4.00

 12185.07  (W) ex  Little shrubs of grayish-white, woolly leaves and lots of pink flowers.

Origanum laevigatum (25x25,Z7,P,L,1) ............................................................................... 70 seeds / $3.50

 54042.07    Showy heads of red-purple bracts with long-tubed pink flowers. Burgundy leaves.

Oxytropis oreophila (Fabaceae) (3x8,Z4,P,SC,1) .................................................................. 30 seeds / $4.00

 67438.18  (W) Beaver Co., UT, 11100ft, 3384m.  Very condensed cushions of bluish-gray, silky-hairy, pinnate leaves.  Purple, bluish or red-violet flowers, depending on age. On W-facing, wind-blown ridge crests of volcanic rock.

Paeonia brownii (Paeoniaceae) (22x30,Z5,P,C,3:12w) ........................................................... 18 seeds / $6.00

 10766.18  (W) Wallowa Co., OR, 5800ft, 1768m.  Wonderful foliage -- dissected, leathery, glaucous, bluish-green with pendant, brownish-maroon flowers about 2 to 3  inches across, the centers packed with stamens.   Photo1   Photo2

Parrya nudicaulis (Brassicaceae) (12x10,Z3,P,L,3:8w) .......................................................... 30 seeds / $6.00

 58955.88  (W) Park Co., WY, 10400ft.  One of the best alpine Crucifers I have come across.  Rosettes of dark-green, slightly-clammy, toothed leaves with tight clusters of bright rosy-pink, lilac-scented flowers.  On W-facing, steep, dolomitic screes.

Pediocactus simpsonii (snowball) (Cactaceae) (7x8,Z4,P,GL,3:4w) ...................................... 20 seeds / $4.00

 76597.48  (W) Jefferson Co., CO, 6700ft.  These barrels are so densely spined with short white spines that the plants look like little snowballs. Pink flowers.   Photo

Pediocactus simpsonii (white fls) (Cactaceae) (8x9,Z4,P,GL,3:4w) ....................................... 40 seeds / $3.50

 76598.18  (W) Uintah Co., UT, 8000ft, 2439m.  This population growing on limestone outcrops has creamy white flowers shading to a pale yellow throat.

Pelargonium endlicherianum (Geraniaceae) (20x24,Z5,P,SC,1) .............................................. 8 seeds / $5.00

 39815.08    Caudex-former with numerous scapes of deep rosy-pink flowers hovering like butterflies.

Penstemon aridus (Scrophulariaceae) (10x7,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ..................................................... 70 seeds / $3.50

 07455.78  (W) Lemhi Co., ID, 7700ft, 2348m.  Grassy tufts with dense inflorescences of small blue flowers. On N-facing slopes of limestone.

Penstemon eriantherus v. redactus (16x12,Z4,P,C,4:16w) ................................................ 100 seeds / $3.50

 27456.18  (W) Custer Co., ID, 6400ft, 1951m.  Showy pale lavender-purple flowers on dwarf plants with gray-green leaves.  Growing in deep, loamy gravel.   Photo

Penstemon grahamii (15x8,Z5,P,GL,3:8w) ............................................................................ 15 seeds / $5.00

 32754.08    "Of Cultivated Origin." Because of this species' classification (Threatened Candidate), we cultivate our own plants and hand-pollinate to obtain our own seed.  From a few basal, olive-green, lusterless leaves arise a dense, compact raceme of huge, gaping, lavender-pink blossoms with dense golden staminodes.  One of the finest in the genus.

Penstemon humilis (12x15,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ............................................................................. 100 seeds / $3.50

 35995.28  (W) Butte Co., ID, 6000ft, 1829m.  Robust form here with tufts of gray-green, oblong leaves and several spires densely-packed with small blue flowers.

Penstemon laricifolius ssp. laricifolius (10x12,Z3,P,GL,4:16w) ......................................... 100 seeds / $3.50

 54215.28  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 7750ft, 2363m.  Some lovely deep pink forms in this population.

Penstemon lemhiensis (32x12,Z4,P,L,4:12w) ........................................................................ 60 seeds / $4.00

 54396.38  (W) Lemhi Co., ID, 7500ft, 2286m.  Bold plants like P. cyaneus, but shorter with narrow, glaucous leaves and large, deep-blue flowers.  On N-facing rocky loam with sagebrush.

Penstemon murrayanus (90x35,Z6,P,L,3:8w) ....................................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50

 57014.37  (W) Louisiana.   Scarlet-red flowers line stems encircled by blue-green leaves.  Native to eastern Texas and Louisiana, this plant can take more water than similar western species.  Early spring bloomer.

Penstemon pumilus (4x9,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ................................................................................... 70 seeds / $4.00

 70997.68  (W) Butte Co., ID, 5600ft.  Tufts of gray-green, cinereous, lance-shaped leaves sprout several stems bearing clouds of blue-purple flowers. Rarely-offered endemic of central Idaho.   Photo

Penstemon venustus (40x50,Z4,P,L,3:8w) ........................................................................... 100 seeds / $3.00

 90398.38  (W) Caribou Co., ID, 6750ft, 2058m.  Multiple stems from a woody crown bear serrated leaves and bright lavender-purple flowers in narrow terminal panicles.   Photo

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.

Phlox colubrina (Polemoniaceae) (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.

Phlox hoodii ssp. canescens (2x15,Z4,P,C,4:12w) ................................................................ 10 seeds / $5.00

 35675.18  (W) Rio Blanco Co., CO, 6200ft, 1890m.  Very compact cushions stud themselves edge to edge with fragrant snow-white flowers.

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.

Physaria saximontana (Brassicaceae) (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.

Primula cusickiana (Primulaceae) (6x6,Z5,P,L,3:8w) .............................................................. 40 seeds / $6.00

 13017.18  (W) Wallowa Co., OR, 5600ft  On W-facing, subalpine basalt terraces in the Wallowa Mtns grows perhaps the most exquisite of N. American Primulas. 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.

Primula specuicola (Primulaceae) (8x8,Z5,P,L,3:5w) ............................................................ 100 seeds / $4.00

 76718.28  (W) Grand Co., UT, 4100ft, 1250m.  The rosettes of spatulate, sparsely-toothed leaves are covered with a white farina and bear delicate umbels of lavender-purple flowers with a large white eye.

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.

Pulsatilla bungeana (Ranunculaceae) (25x15,Z5,P,C,3:8w) .................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50

 10998.07    Nice blue flowers over ferny foliage on this Siberian native. Very choice.

Pulsatilla patens (Ranunculaceae) (12x10,Z3,P,C,3:8w) ......................................................... 80 seeds / $4.00

 70219.48  (W) Big Horn Co., WY, 9400ft, 2866m.  Dwarf form here with pale blue cups. On E-facing limestone slopes.   Photo

Sedum lanceolatum (Crassulaceae) (10x8,Z4,P,L,1) ............................................................ 100 seeds / $3.50

 54218.18  (W) Park Co., WY, 7500ft, 2286m.  The ubiquitous Sedum throughout the Rocky Mountains with bright yellow flowers and tightly-packed, lanceolate leaves.  Especially robust form here.

Sedum aff. rupicolum (8x8,Z4,P,L,1) ................................................................................... 100 seeds / $4.00

 75030.28  (W) Blaine Co., ID, 8200ft, 2500m.  Small clumps of burgundy and chalk-colored, ovoid leaves with yellow flowers.  Considered a subspecies of S. lanceolatum, this has not been reported from my locality.  However, it does not appear to be anything else.   Photo

Shoshonea pulvinata (Apiaceae) (6x20,Z3,P,GL,4:12w) ........................................................ 60 seeds / $6.00

 71014.28  (W) Park Co., WY, 8000ft, 2439m.  Tight mounds of highly aromatic, pinnatifid foliage sprout numerous short-peduncled yellow flowers.  On N-facing limestone slopes.  Relatively easy to grow for such a dense alpine cushion.  First introduced in 1994.

Sisyrinchium angustifolium (Iridaceae) (16x12,Z4,P,L,2) ...................................................... 70 seeds / $3.50

 21832.18  (W) Custer Co., ID, 6400ft, 1951m.  Dwarf, Iris-like plants with several six-petaled, purple-blue, star-like flowers terminating each stem.  Originally annotated as S. idahoense v. occidentalis.

Swertia perennis (Gentianaceae) (26x12,Z3,P,L,3:8w) ........................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 70434.28  (W) Park Co., WY, 6600ft, 2012m.  From pleated, basal foliage sprout several racemes of star-like flowers in a dark "electric" blue that defies description.  Near an alpine swamp.

Thalictrum uchiyamai (Ranunculaceae) (200x85,Z6,P,GL,3:8w) ........................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 98235.07    A robust form of T. delavayi in flower size and height. Lilac flowers are borne on shoots of finely-cut foliage reaching 5 to 7 feet tall.

Townsendia condensata (Asteraceae) (3x7,Z3,B,C,3:4w) ...................................................... 15 seeds / $5.00

 12828.18  (W) Beaver Co., UT, 11500ft, 3506m.  Rosetted mounds of spatulate leaves with silvery hairs bear huge white embedded daisies.  This seed from a disjunct population in the Tushar Mtns.   Photo

Townsendia incana (Asteraceae) (3x8,Z5,P,C,1) ................................................................... 30 seeds / $3.50

 62812.28  (W) San Juan Co., UT, 5250ft, 1600m.  Silver-gray buns with prolific white flowers.

Townsendia jonesii v. jonesii (2x4,Z5,P,C,1) ........................................................................ 12 seeds / $5.00

 50827.38  (W) Sevier Co., UT, 6300ft, 1920m.  Tufted, silver-gray cushions bear creamy flowers. Any pale yellow flowering variants that show up will be T. jonesii v. lutea.  On S-facing sandy shales.

Townsendia mensana (Asteraceae) (2x4,Z5,P,C,1) ............................................................... 10 seeds / $6.00

 56428.78  (W) Duchesne Co., UT, 7200ft, 2195m.  Compact, pulvinate rosettes of silver-gray, filiform leaves embedded with pale pink flowers. These dense, minute cushions are difficult to spot on its native habitat of limestone shales.

Townsendia montana (white) (3x8,Z3,P,C,1) ........................................................................ 40 seeds / $4.00

 56828.78  (W) Uintah Co., UT, 8700ft, 2652m.  Robust gray-green tufts of linear leaves.  White flowers.

Townsendia montana v. caelilinensis (2x5,Z3,P,C,1) ........................................................... 10 seeds / $5.00

 56830.18  (W) Sanpete Co., UT, 10800ft, 3290m.  Large flowers of pure white over dark-green, linear-spatulate foliage.  Growing on fractured shaly-limestone, alpine flats.

Townsendia spathulata (Asteraceae) (2x7,Z4,P,C,1) ............................................................. 40 seeds / $4.50

 76717.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 8900ft, 2713m.  Miniature mounds of pure silver wool literally disappear in early spring, studded with several pale pink daisies.

Trifolium haydenii (Fabaceae) (7x35,Z3,P,SC,1) ................................................................... 40 seeds / $4.00

 35113.38  (W) Carbon Co., MT, 8600ft, 2622m.  Forms hummocky mats of small, thick leaves, the edges erratically jagged. Pendant heads of intriguing peachy-pink to creamy-apricot flowers.   Photo1   Photo2

Trifolium owyheense (6x20,Z5,P,SC,1) ................................................................................. 40 seeds / $5.00

 69313.38  (W) Malheur Co., OR, 4500ft, 1372m.  A decumbent plant with gray-green, leathery foliage and large flower heads of bright rosy-violet. Growing on E-facing screes of ash-tuff.   Photo

Veronica oltensis (Scrophulariaceae) (2x15,Z4,P,L,3:6w) ...................................................... 50 seeds / $3.50

 83478.08    Mats of teensy, dark green, scalloped leaves and short spikes of dark blue flowers.  Turkey.

Viola beckwithii (Violaceae) (5x12,Z4,P,GL,3:8w) ................................................................. 20 seeds / $6.00

 10393.28  (W) Harney Co., OR, 4400ft.  One of the fabulous "Sagebrush Violets." The side and bottom 3 petals are snow white with a yellow throat delicately pencilled deep violet. The smaller upper 2 petals are very deep lilac, paling slightly upwards. Each clump of sage-green, deeply-cut foliage produces a multitude of blossoms which eventually aestivates (goes dormant) by early summer. On vernally moist, gently sloping volcanic meadows.

Viola mandshurica (12x12,Z8,P,L,3:8w) ............................................................................... 90 seeds / $3.00

 56238.17  (W) Nagoya, Japan, 10m.  Tufts of broadly-lanceolate leaves with dark to pale purple flowers with purple striations.  Asian sp.

Wyethia helianthoides (Asteraceae) (35x35,Z5,P,C,3:6w) .................................................... 25 seeds / $3.00

 35444.28  (W) Blaine Co., ID, 6600ft, 2012m.  Large hairy and scabrous leaves emanate from a central crown, along with white flowers 3" to 4" across, reminiscent of the Shasta Daisy.

Wyethia scabra (80x60,Z4,P,C,1) ......................................................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50

 76139.18  (W) Fremont Co., WY, 4850ft, 1480m.  The northern-most population I've seen, definitely hardy. Long-lived, bushy plants of sand-paper leaves and large, yellow daisies.

Yucca thompsoniana (150x55,Z7,P,C,2) ............................................................................... 40 seeds / $3.50

 78375.17  (W) Pecos Co., TX, 4500ft, 1372m.  Rosettes of tightly-packed, long, slender, blue-green leaves often margined yellowish. Trunk-forming with age, often with two heads. Showy, branched racemes of white flowers.   Photo