Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cremanthodium rhodocephalum Diels trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 190 (1912) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 3000-5000m |
Description | stem leaves petiolate, reniform, 1-4cm, distinctly palmately venose, abaxially purple-red, crenate, crenulae mucronate, capitula 1-4, pendent, ligules oblanceolate, 1-2cm long |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | 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, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cremanthodium palmatum var. rhodocephalum (Diels) R.D.Good Cremanthodium sherriffii H.R.Fletcher |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |