Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Centaurea pinnatifida Schur trib. Cardueae |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | leaves lanceolate, acuminate, grey pubescent, capitula 2-3cm across, involucre 12-15mm, broadly ovoid, appendages black |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Romania) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
pinnatifida sooana (Borhidi) Soó, Feddes Repert. 83(3): 149 (1972)
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