Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Saussurea ispajensis Iljin trib. Cardueae |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves green, spinulose-scabrous, oval or oblong, crenate, long narrowly petiolate, stem leaves oblong, acuminate, sessile, capitula 3-10 in corymb |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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