Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Centaurea urvillei DC. trib. Cardueae |
Synonyms | Centaurea doryphora Fenzl ex Boiss. |
Centaurea myconia Boiss. ex Sart. | |
Centaurea smyrneae Boiss. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | arachnose, green, subacaulaescent, leaves lyrate-pinnatisect, segments dentate, ovate-oblong, capitula large, subsessile in rosette, involucre glabrous |
Size | 3-8cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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
Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Iran , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
urvillei armata Wagenitz, Willdenowia 6(3): 491 (1972)
urvillei hayekiana Wagenitz, ibid.
urvillei nimrodis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Wagenitz ibid.
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