Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cicerbita benthamii (C.B.Clarke) Roohi Bano & Qaiser trib. Cichorieae |
Synonyms | Lactuca benthamii C.B.Clarke |
Askellia benthamii (C.B.Clarke) Sennikov | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine-alpine |
Description | glabrous, eramose, stem leaves obovate, sinuate-dentate, obtuse, attenuate to winged petiole, capitula solitary, involucre cylindrical, dark green, phyllaries acute |
Size | 8-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | cushion |
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, 13-16°C division in spring; root cuttings in fall |
Territory |
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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