Family | APIACEAE |
Genus species | Athamanta densa Boiss. & Orph. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] ser. 2, 5: 98 (1856) |
Native Range | s. Albania to c. Greece |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | densely, softly sericeous, leaves in outline triangular, finely pinnate, segments flat, linear, short, entire, bracts of involucre and involucels oblong-lanceolate, acute |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece) |