Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Psephellus erivanensis Lipsky trib. Cardueae |
Synonyms | Centaurea erivanensis (Lipsky) Bordz. |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | grey arachnose-tomentose, leaves petiolate, broadly ovate, subentire, acute, capitula in lax corymb, involucre silvery, bracts lanceolate-ovate, dentate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus (Transcaucasus ) Western Asia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
erivanensis holargyreus (Bornm. & Woronow) Greuter, Willdenowia 33(1): 60 (2003)
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