Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tragopogon alaicus S.A.Nikitin trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 7: 268 (1938) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stems sulcate, ramose, stem leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminate, on margins scarious, capitula ca. 4cm long, phyllaries 8 |
Size | 20-35cm |
Color | pink-violet |
Bloom | 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, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) |