Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Jurinea carduicephala Iljin trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Izv. Tadzhikistansk. Bazy Akad. Nauk SSSR 1(1): 64 (1933) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves sparsely hirsute, leaves elliptic, entire or crenate, adaxially green, abaxially grey floccose, petiolate, capitula solitary, large, involucre glabrescent |
Size | 10-12cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1 month, 13-18°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Lipschitziella carduicephala (Iljin) Kamelin Saussurea carduicephala (Iljin) Iljin ex Lipsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) |