Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Doronicum altaicum Pall. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. 2: 271 (1779) |
Native Range | Siberia to n. China and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 1000-3800m |
Description | basal leaves elliptic to orbiculate, 2-12cm, long petiolate, stem leaves smaller, obovate, amplexicaule, ciliate, dentate, capitula 1-4, 4-6cm across, ligules tridentate |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arnica altaica Turcz. Aronicum altaicum (Pall.) DC. Doronicum bargusinense Serg. Doronicum bargusinense var. pilosum C.H.An Doronicum schischkinii Serg. Senecio pallasii Sch.Bip. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, BRY Buryatiya, CTA Chita, IRK Irkutsk, KRA Krasnoyarsk, TVA Tuva, WSB West Siberia) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |