Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cirsium glabrum DC. trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Fl. Franc. [A.P.de Candolle & J.B.A.M.de Lamarck], éd. 3, 6: 463 (1815) |
Native Range | Pyrenees |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | subalpine |
Description | glabrous, pale green, leaves linear-lanceolate, pinnatifid, segments shortly triangular, spinose-ciliate, tipped with long spine, spines white, capitula crowded in cluster |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C root cuttings in late winter |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France, SPA Spain) |