Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Taraxacum nivale Lange ex Kihlm. trib. Cichorieae |
Synonyms | Taraxacum tundricola Hand.-Mazz. |
Habitat | tundra |
Description | leaves lanceolate, crenate, glabrous, involucre 8-13mm, deep green, outer phyllaries ovate to broadly lanceolate, revolute, inner phyllaries oblong-linear, longer |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, 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, 10-16°C |
Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe (East European Russia , North European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (Krasnoyarsk , West Siberia ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (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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