Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Lihengia gombalana (Hand.-Mazz.) Y.S.Chen & R.Ke trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Taxon 70: 631 (2021) |
Native Range | sc. China to s. & se. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3200-3900m |
Description | basal leaves winged petiolate, elliptic or oblanceolate, 2-5cm, acute, glabrous, capitula pendent, solitary, terminal, involucre cylindrical, brown-red, 1cm wide |
Size | 8-10cm |
Color | blue |
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, 13-16°C division in spring; root cuttings in fall |
Synonyms | Dubyaea gombalana (Hand.-Mazz.) Stebbins Lactuca gombalana Hand.-Mazz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) |