Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tragopogon gracilis D.Don trib. Cichorieae |
Synonyms | Tragopogon junceus Wall. |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1500-4300m |
Description | leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 10cm long, vaginate, capitula few, terminal, involucre cylindrical, phyllaries 5-7, lanceolate, ligules abaxially purple red |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan ) China (Xinjiang ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Nepal , Pakistan , West Himalaya) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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