Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum armenium DC. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 183 (1838) |
Native Range | w. & n. Iran to s. & e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 900-2500m |
Description | taproot, basal leaves linear-spathulate, petiolate, stem leaves shorter, linear, acuminate, pubescent, glandular, capitula subspherical, 6-9mm, of 10-25 in terminal corymb |
Size | 25-30cm |
Color | sulphur yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gnaphalium armenium Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex DC. Gnaphalium glanduliferum Sch.Bip. Gnaphalium glanduliferum var. angustifolium Sch.Bip. Gnaphalium lorentii (Hochst.) Sch.Bip. Gnaphalium oligocephalum Sch.Bip. Helichrysum armenium var. lacteum Boiss. Helichrysum glanduliferum (Sch.Bip.) Sch.Bip. ex Boiss. Helichrysum lorentii Hochst. Helichrysum tardentii Boiss. Helichrysum undulatum Ledeb. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |