Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Melanoseris souliei (Franch.) N.Kilian trib. Cichorieae |
Synonyms | Lactuca souliei Franch. |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2300-4300m |
Description | leaves petiolate, orbiculate to broadly ovate, 1-2cm long, obtuse, entire or unequally denticulate, sparsely hirsute, capitula numerous in cluster, involucre cylindrical |
Size | 2-5cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
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 division in spring; root cuttings in fall |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , Tibet ) Asia-Tropical Indo-China (Myanmar) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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