Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Cicerbita crambifolia (Bunge) Beauverd trib. Cichorieae |
Bibliography | Bull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 2: 143 (1910) |
Native Range | Transcaucasus to Central Asia and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1200-3000m |
Description | stems glabrous, leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic-oblong in outline, runcinate-pinnatipartite, obtuse, sinuate-dentate, the upper sessile, elliptic, amplexicaule, capitula numerous |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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 division in spring; root cuttings in fall |
Synonyms | Lactuca crambifolia (Bunge) Boiss. Lactuca edelbergii Rech.f. Streptorhamphus crambifolius Bunge |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |