Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Psychrogeton chitralicus Grierson |
Bibliography | Fl. Iranica 154: 52 (1982) |
Native Range | n. Pakistan to nw. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Altitude | 2700-3600m |
Description | basal leaves obovate to oblanceolate, 1-5cm, at apex dentate, shortly petiolate, acute, lanate, the upper small, linear, capitula solitary, 1-3cm, involucre purple |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | blue-purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in spring and in late summer |
Territory | 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |