Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Centaurea limbata Hoffmanns. & Link trib. Cardueae |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | leaves grey tomentose, lower leaves pinnatipartite, capitula in lax corymb, involucre 5-8mm, appendages with curved apical spine |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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 |
Europe
Southwestern Europe (Portugal) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | ASTERACEAE
limbata lusitana (Arénes) E.López & Devesa, Lagascalia 28: 421 (2008)
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