Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Dolomiaea calophylla Y.Ling trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 88 (1965) |
Native Range | sc. Tibet |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 3300-4700m |
Description | leaves petiolate, elliptic to oblanceolate, 10-20cm, abaxially white tomentose, adaxially green, pinnatipartite, ultimate segments spinose-dentate, capitula sessile, crowded |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | purplish red |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, semi-shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHT Tibet) |