Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Crepis dianthoseris N.Kilian & al. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 127: 401 (2008) |
Native Range | ne. & e. Tropical Africa |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3800-4300m |
Description | basal leaves numerous, obovate to linear, entire to pinnatifid, denticulate, mucronate or acute, winged petiolate, capitula solitary, subsessile, involucre 10mm |
Size | 2-5cm |
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, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Crepis inopinata (Cufod.) N.Kilian & al. Dianthoseris schimperi Sch.Bip. Nannoseris inopinata Cufod. Nannoseris schimperi (Sch.Bip.) Hednerg Sonchus dianthoseris Chiov. |
Territory | 2 Africa 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (ETH Ethiopia) 25 East Tropical Africa (KEN Kenya, TAN Tanzania) |