Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cremanthodium smithianum Hand.-Mazz. trib. Senecioneae |
Bibliography | Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 62: 14 (1925) |
Native Range | sc. China to se. Tibet and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | grassland and scree |
Altitude | 3000-5200m |
Description | basal leaves long petiolate, purple-red, reniform, 1-5cm, palmativenose, glabrous, regularly denticulate, capitula solitary, pendent or suberect, ligules oblong, 1-2cm long |
Size | 10-25cm |
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 | Cremanthodium acernuum R.D.Good Cremanthodium heterocephalum Y.L.Chen |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |