Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Tephroseris frigida (Richardson) Holub trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 173 (1973) |
Native Range | ne. Siberia to n. Russian Far East, Subarctic America to w. Canada |
Primary Biome | Subarctic |
Habitat | tundra |
Altitude | 0-1000m |
Description | basal leaves ovate to narrowly ovate, thinly long petiolate, 1-3cm, entire or obscurely dentate, obtuse, stem leaves ovate, sessile, capitula solitary, 20-35mm in diam. |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Cineraria arachnoidea Turcz. ex Ledeb. Cineraria frigida Richardson Senecio atropurpureus ssp. frigidus (Richardson) Hultén Senecio atropurpureus var. ulmeri (Steffen) A.E.Porsild Senecio frigidus Less. Senecio frigidus var. ulmeri Steffen Tephroseris atropurpurea ssp. frigida (Richardson) Á.Löve & D.Löve |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (YAK Yakutskiya) 31 Russian Far East (KAM Kamchatka, MAG Magadan) 7 Northern America 70 Subarctic America (ASK Alaska, NUN Nunavut, NWT Northwest Territories, YUK Yukon) 71 Western Canada (BRC British Columbia) |