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Cicerbita crambifolia (Bunge) Beauverd trib. Cichorieae 
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FamilyASTERACEAE
Genus speciesCicerbita crambifolia (Bunge) Beauverd trib. Cichorieae
BibliographyBull. Soc. Bot. Genéve, sér. 2, 2: 143 (1910)
Native RangeTranscaucasus to Central Asia and w. Himalaya
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks
Altitude1200-3000m
Descriptionstems glabrous, leaves shortly petiolate, elliptic-oblong in outline, runcinate-pinnatipartite, obtuse, sinuate-dentate, the upper sessile, elliptic, amplexicaule, capitula numerous
Size15-30cm
Coloryellow
Bloomspring
Ca+
Typeperennial
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C
division in spring; root cuttings in fall
SynonymsLactuca crambifolia (Bunge) Boiss.
Lactuca edelbergii Rech.f.
Streptorhamphus crambifolius Bunge
Territory3 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)
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