Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Megacarpaea megalocarpa (Fisch. ex DC.) Schischk ex B.Fedtsch. |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 8: 543 (1939) |
Native Range | European Russia to Qinghai |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | leaves petiolate, oblanceolate, 8-16cm, densely pubescent, pinnatisect, segments irregularly laciniate, flowers in panicle, petals linear-oblong, 10-15mm long |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | lavender-blue |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Biscutella angulata Steud. Biscutella laciniata Willd. ex DC. Biscutella maxima Pall. ex DC. Biscutella megalocarpa Fisch. ex DC. Megacarpaea angulata DC. Megacarpaea laciniata DC. Megacarpaea mugodzharica Golosk. & Vassilcz. |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 36 China (CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) |