Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cousinia chlorocephala C.A.Mey. ex DC. trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 554 (1838) |
Native Range | Transcaucasus to n. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | leaves rigid, abaxially white, lanceolate, the lower pinnatipartite, the upper sinuate, shortly decurrent, thinly spinose, capitula subsessile in corymb, involucre glabrous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arctium chlorocephalum (C.A.Mey. ex DC.) Kuntze Arctium intermedim Lange Arctium majus ssp. intermedium (Lange) Nyman Lappa intermedium (Lange) Lange |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |