Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Centaurea singarensis Boiss. & Hausskn. trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 3: 654 (1875) |
Native Range | Iraq |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves thin, green, lanceolate, acute, long petiolate, entire to lyrate, stem leaves scaly, linear, capitula solitary, ovate, involucre minutely pubescent, spinose |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq) |