Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Helichrysum thianschanicum Regel trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 6: 307 (1879) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 500-3000m |
Description | leaves white tomentose, leaves flat, entire, narrowly linear-lanceolate, acute, attenuate to petiole, capitula in ovate-oblong head |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | ind |
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, 13-20°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helichrysum arenarium var. kokanicum Regel & Schmalh. Helichrysum kokanicum (Regel & Schmalh.) Krasch. & Gontsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |