Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Centaurea drabifolia Sm. trib. Cardueae |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | grey arachnose, lower leaves oblong-spathulate, shortly petiolate, obtuse, stem leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, all leaves pinnatifid-dentate, capitula solitary |
Size | 5-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iran , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
drabifolia floccosa (Boiss.) Wagenitz & Greuter, Willdenowia 33(1): 54 (2003)
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