Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Crepis himalaica Kitam. trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 15: 106 (1954) |
Native Range | Nepal |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3100-3400m |
Description | basal leaves runcinate, oblanceolate or spathulate, winged petiolate, densely pilose, lateral segments triangular, mucronate, capitula in lax corymb |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal) |