Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Pseudopodospermum undulatum (Vahl) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | PhytoKeys 137: 70 (2020) |
Native Range | n. Africa to sw. Saudi Arabia |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Altitude | 100-2000m |
Description | leaves lanceolate, acuminate, sinuate, glabrous or pubescent, the basal numerous, petiolate, scapes glabrous, involucre imbricate, glabrous, capitula large |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | violet |
Bloom | spring, early 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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Scorzonera alexandrina Boiss. Scorzonera undulata Vahl Scorzonera undulata f. luteola Pau |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, EGY Egypt, LBY Libya, MOR Morocco, TUN Tunisia) 3 Asia-Temperate 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |