Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pseudopodospermum leptophyllum (DC.) Kuth. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Kavkaz. Predstav. Podtriby Scorzonerinae Dum. (Compos.): 88 (1978) |
Native Range | Iran to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves longer than stems, narrowly linear, 2-3mm wide, acuminate, glaucous, pubescent, margins cartilagineous, capitula 3-7, 20-25mm long, involucre pubescent, glabrescent |
Size | 4-6cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Candollea leptophylla (DC.) Yild. Kandemiria leptophylla (DC.) Yild. Scorzonera leptophylla (DC.) Krasch. & Lipsch. Scorzonera mollis var. leptophylla DC. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |