Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tragopogon montanus S.A.Nikitin trib. Cichorieae |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1200-2500m |
Description | stems densely leafy, leaves glabrous, flat, wide, many nerved, the lower linear, stem leaves linear-lanceolate, long acuminate, amplexicaule, capitula solitary, 3-4cm long |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | purple, mauve |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran ) China (Xinjiang) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
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