Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Pterocephalus canus Coult. ex DC. |
Bibliography | Prodr. 4: 653 (1830) |
Native Range | Iran to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | grey tomentose, leaves obovate-oblong, entire, long petiolate, pedicels long, leafless, involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, flowers in head |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Pterocephalus silenifolius Pau Scabiosa cana (Coult. ex DC.) D.Dietr. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |