Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cicerbita benthamii (C.B.Clarke) Roohi Bano & Qaiser trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Pakistan J. Bot. 42(Sp. Issue): 52 (2010) |
Native Range | w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glabrous, eramose, stem leaves obovate, sinuate-dentate, obtuse, attenuate to winged petiole, capitula solitary, involucre cylindrical, dark green, phyllaries acute |
Size | 8-10cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C division in spring; root cuttings in fall |
Synonyms | Askellia benthamii (C.B.Clarke) Sennikov Lactuca benthamii C.B.Clarke |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |