| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Cremanthodium ellisii (Hook.f.) Kitam. trib. Senecioneae |
| Synonyms | Werneria ellisii Hook.f. |
| Cremanthodium fletcherii (Hemsl.) Hemsl. | |
| Cremanthodium plantagineum Maxim. | |
| Habitat | grassland and scree |
| Altitude | 3000-5600m |
| Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate to oblong, carnose, glabrous, entire or dentate, rarely lobate, capitula 1-5, pendent, involucre black-grey pilose, ligules oblong, 10-17mm long |
| Size | 5-60cm |
| Color | purplish red, yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | tuft |
| Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
| Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China (China South-Central , China North-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
ellisii ramosum (Y.Ling) Y.Ling & S.W.Liu, Acta Biol. Plateau Sin. 3: 65 (1984)
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