Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cousinia libanotica DC. trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Prodr. 6: 556 (1838) |
Native Range | Lebanon |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | white tomentose, basal leaves crowded, pinnatipartite, segments approximate, lanceolate-linear, yellow spinose, capitula large, globular, in corymb, involucre arachnose |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arctium libanoticum (DC.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria) |