Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Syncalathium kawaguchii (Kitam.) Y.Ling trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 287 (1965) |
Native Range | Qinghai to Tibet |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 3800-5400m |
Description | leaves winged petiolate, lyrate, terminal segment suborbiculate, lateral segmets very small, triangular, capitula numerous in cluster to 5cm wide |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings of rosettes in late summer |
Synonyms | Lactuca kawaguchii Kitam. Syncalathium pilosum (Y.Ling) C.Shih Syncalathium sukaczevii Lipsch. Syncalathium sukaczevii var. pilosum Y.Ling |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet) |