Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gelasia cretica (Willd.) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | PhytoKeys 137: 57 (2020) |
Native Range | Greece to Aegean Islands |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 0-1200m |
Description | long hirsute, stems densely leafy, leaves linear, elongate-acuminate, rigid, 5-7-nerved, capitula large, 5-7, in corymb, involucre shortly hirsute, bracts lanceolate |
Size | 3-45cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Lasiospora cretica (Willd.) Cass. Scorzonera cretica Willd. Scorzonera dependens Rech.f. Scorzonera lassitica Vierh. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |