Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Leibnitzia nepalensis (Kunze) Kitam. trib. Mutisieae |
Bibliography | J. Jap. Bot. 14: 297 (1938) |
Native Range | sc. China to ne. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2000-4600m |
Description | leaves oblong or ovate, acute, subentire to lyrate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially villose, scape with filiform bracts, capitula solitary, involucre glabrous |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | yellow |
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, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Anandria nepalensis (Kunze) A.Braun Cleistanthium nepalense Kunze Gebera connata Y.C.Tseng Gerbera curvisquama Hand.-Mazz. Gerbera kunzeana A.Braun & Asch. Gerbera nepalensis (Kunze) O.Hofm. Leibnitzia kuntzena (A.Braun & Asch.) Pobed. Perdicium semiflosculare Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |