Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Gelasia psychrophilla (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Zaika & al. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | PhytoKeys 137: 58 (2020) |
Native Range | e. Medit. to Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Altitude | 400-3600m |
Description | sparsely lanate, leaves linear, at apex attenuate, 3-5-nerved, flaccid, capitula solitary, minute, narrow, involucre appresed hirsute, bracts ovate, acute |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | + |
Type | tuberous perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C division of resting tubers |
Synonyms | Scorzonea judaica Eig Scorzonera persica Boiss. Scorzonera psychrophila Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (EGY Egypt) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) |