Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Senecio taraxacoides (A.Gray) Greene trib. Senecioneae |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3500-4000m |
Description | floccose-tomentose, leaves petiolate, oblanceolate to ovate, 2-6cm, dentate to pinnatifid, upper leaves bract-like, capitula solitary, ligules 0-13, 8-12mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late 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, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Northern America
Northwestern U.S.A. (Colorado ) South-Central U.S.A. (New Mexico) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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