Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Psephellus dealbatus (Willd.) K.Koch trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Linnaea 24: 438 (1851) |
Native Range | Caucasus to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | leaves abaxially white, adaxially green, petiolate, pinnatisect, segments oblong, acute, pinatifid, upper leaves sessile, capitula solitary, large, radiate |
Size | 30-50cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Centaurea baksanica Czerep. Centaurea carbadensis (Koss ex Tschuchr.) Czerep. Centaurea dealbata Willd. Centaurea kachetica Rehmann ex Gugler Centaurea nogmovii (Koss ex Tschuchr.) Czerep. Centaurea procumbens Hablitz Centaurea tschuchrukidzei Czerep. Psephellus cabardensis Koss ex Tschuchr. Psephellus calocephalus Cass. Psephellus kacheticus Boiss. Psephellus lactiflorus Koss. ex Tschuchr. Psephellus lazicus Boiss. Psephellus nogmovii Koss ex Tschuchr. Psephellus sosnowskyi Tschuchr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |