Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Hirtellina lobelii (DC.) Dittrich trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Boissiera 51: 75 (1996) |
Native Range | n. Cyprus, Lebanon to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | branchlets densely leafy, leaves sessile, rigid, lanceolate, acute, mucronate, capitula oblong-cylindrical in corymb, involucre glabrous, bracts resinous-punctate, acute |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | autumn |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C cuttings in late spring |
Synonyms | Serratula apiculata (Labill.) Poir. Staehelina apiculata Labill. Staehelina lobelii DC. Staehelina syriaca Spreng. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (CYP Cyprus, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |