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Leontodon oxylepis Boiss. & Heldr. trib. Cichorieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesLeontodon oxylepis Boiss. & Heldr. trib. Cichorieae
BibliographyDiagn. Pl. Orient. 11: 40 (1849)
Native Rangec. Lebanon to Turkey
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks
Descriptiondensely shortly hirsute, leaves lanceolate, long petiolate, remote-denticulate, acute, capitula solitary, large, phyllaries narrowly lanceolate, aristate-acuminate
Size20-30cm
Coloryellow
Bloomsummer
Ca
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
SynonymsLeontodon biscutellifolius Heldr. ex Boiss.
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey)
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