Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Askellia alaica (Krasch.) W.A.Weber trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Phytologia 55: 6 (1984) |
Native Range | Central Asia to sw. Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | glabrous, lower leaves spathulate, rounded, abruptly attenuate to wide, winged petiole, thick, glaucous, acute-dentate, stem leaves, smaller, capitula in corymb |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pale yellow, purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Crepis alaica Krasch. Youngia alaica (Krasch.) W.A.Weber |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |