Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tragopogon subalpinus S.A.Nikitin trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R 7: 271 (1938) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 3000-3600m |
Description | leaves sessile, linear-lanceolate, 15cm long, sometimes at margins sinuate, capitula 1-few, terminal, involucre cylindric-campanulate, phyllaries 7, lanceolate, acuminate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | reddish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, 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 (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |