Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Saussurea leontodontoides (DC.) Sch.-Bip. trib. Cardueae |
Synonyms | Aplotaxis leontodontoides DC. |
Saussurea kunthiana C.B.Clarke | |
Saussurea rhytidocarpa Hand.-Mazz. | |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 3200-5500m |
Description | leaves petiolate, linear-elliptic, abaxially grey-white tomentose, pinnatisect, segments elliptic to suborbiculate, capitula solitary in leaf rosette, involucre campanulate |
Size | 3-15cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | rosette, tuft |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Qinghai , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal , 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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