Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Youngia corniculata (Regel & Schmalh.) Kamelin trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Opred. Rast. Sred. Azii 10: 140 (1993) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Central Asia and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2900-3600m |
Description | glabrous, glaucous, leaves sessile, auriculate, oblong-ovate, 2-5cm, remotely dentate, obtuse, mucronate, capitula solitary, pedunculate, involucre cylindrical |
Size | 20-35cm |
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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Askellia corniculata (Regel & Schmalh.) W.A.Weber Crepis corniculata Regel & Schmalh. Lactuca koelzii Rech.f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |