Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Scorzonera mackmeliana (Boiss.) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
Synonyms | Gelasia mackmeliana (Boiss.) Zaika & al. |
Scorzonera scoparia Boiss. & Kotschy | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | alpine |
Description | grey hirsute, leaves rigid, short, linear, flatly canaliculate, obtuse, capitula solitary, obconical, phyllaries acute, triangular, ligules abaxially red |
Size | 3-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, 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, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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