Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Taraxacum sinicum Kitag. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 826 (1933) |
Native Range | Siberia to Central Asia and n. China |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1500-2800m |
Description | leaves linear to linear-oblanceolate, 4-8cm, glabrous, entire to pinnatisect, segments linear to triangular, acute, scapes below capitula densely pubescent, capitula 15-25mm |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C |
Synonyms | Taraxacum armeriifolium Soest Taraxacum borealisinense Kitam. Taraxacum czuense Schischk. Taraxacum sinense Dahlst. Taraxacum sinicum var. armeriifolium (Soest) Tzvelev |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva) 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHM Manchuria, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |