Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Saussurea pricei N.D.Simpson trib. Cardueae |
Synonyms | Saussurea sumneviczii Serg. |
Habitat | rocks and screes |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | leaves oblong, abaxially white lanate, adaxially green, pinnatisect, segments dentate to entire, capitula 2-9, terminal, crowded, involucre reddish |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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