Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Saussurea schanginiana (Wydler) Fisch. ex Herder trib. Cardueae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2100-2800m |
Description | leaves linear, entire or remotely denticulate, glabrous or sparsely pubescent, capitula solitary, 2-3cm across, involucre pubescent, dark coloured |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | lilac-violet |
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, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Siberia (Altay , Buryatiya , Chita , Irkutsk , Krasnoyarsk , Tuva , West Siberia ) Russian Far East (Amur , Magadan ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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