Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tephroseris yukonensis (A.E.Porsild) Holub trib. Senecioneae |
Synonyms | Senecio yukonensis A.E.Porsild |
Senecio alaskanus Hultén | |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate to broadly lanceolate, subentire to dentate, stem leaves similar, smaller, capitula 1-4, involucre purple, ligules to 1cm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | ochre, white |
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, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Subarctic America (Alaska , Yukon) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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