Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Crepis xylorrhiza Sch.Bip. ex Babc. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Univ. Calif. Publ. Bot. 22: 509 (1947) |
Native Range | Ethiopia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2800-3600m |
Description | basal leaves obovate, obtuse, apiculate, sinuate-dentate, tapered to narrowly winged petiole, pubescent, stem leaves lanceolate, capitula 2-4, involucre campanulate |
Size | 8-14cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Brachyderea xylorrhiza Sch.Bip. ex Schweinf. |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) |