Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ligularia alpigena Pojark. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk. S.S.S.R. 12: 313 (1950) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Xinjiang and n. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | stems simple, glabrous, leaves thin, glabrous, entire, the basal petiolate, ovate, 7-13cm, the upper smaller, sessile, lanceolate, acute, capitula 2-7 in compact, spicate raceme |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |