Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Centaurea janeri Graells trib. Cardueae |
Synonyms | Centaurea iserniana Graells ex Willk. & Lange |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | montane-subalpine |
Description | leaves linear-lanceolate, entire, acute, grey-white lanate, capitula solitary, sessile, surrounded by upper leaves, involucre oblong, phyllaries conspicuously veined, tomentose |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pinkish violet |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft, fl. stem ascending |
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 |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Spain) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
janeri babiana M.Laínz, Suppl. Ci. Bol. Inst. Estud. Asturianos 22: 36 (1976)
janeri gallaecica M.Laínz, Anales Inst. Nac. Invest. Agrar., Forest 12: 40 (1967)
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