Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Taraxacum tibetanum Hand.-Mazz. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Monogr. Taraxacum: 67 (1907) |
Native Range | sc. China to Mongolia and Nepal |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3600-5300m |
Description | leaves oblanceolate, 4-8cm, glabrous, pinnatisect, runcinate, capitula 28-32mm in diam., involucre dark green to black, bracts broadly ovate, ligules with purple stripe |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | 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, 10-16°C |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 37 Mongolia 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) |