Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cousinia leptacma Tscherneva trib. Cardueae |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | montane |
Description | leaves coriaceous, densely white tomentose, petiolate, oblong-elliptic, flat, lobate, lobes deltate, spinose, capitula in compact corymb, cylindrical-oblong, 12-15mm long |
Size | 25-30cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | tuft |
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 division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
|