Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cremanthodium arnicoides (DC. ex Royle) R.D.Good trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 48: 288 (1929) |
Native Range | Tibet to c. & w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | scree |
Altitude | 3100-4900m |
Description | basal leaves petiolate, ovate, 3-8cm, thin, glabrous, coarsely dentate, acute, capitula 1-4, in lax raceme, involucre black pilose, ligules broadly elliptic, 15-27mm |
Size | 10-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arnica obtusifolia Wall. ex DC. Arnica obtusifolia var. acuta Raup Cineraria cernua Wall. ex DC. Cineraria grandiflora Spreng. ex DC. Ligularia arnicoides DC. ex Royle Ligularia frigida Sch.Bip. ex Hook.f. Senecilis arnicoides (DC.) Kitam. Senecio arnicoides (DC.) Wall. ex C.B.Clarke Senecio connatus N.P.Balakr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, WHM West Himalaya) |