Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Artemisia minor Jacquem. ex Besser trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 9: 22 (1836) |
Native Range | nc. China to s. Xinjiang and Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-5800m |
Description | leaves silvery sericeous, 6-12mm long, bipinnatisect, capitula 8mm, solitary or in short spike; sweetly fragrant |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Artemisia sieversiana var. tibetica C.B.Clarke Artemisa tibetica Hook.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHT Tibet, CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, WHM West Himalaya) |