Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Ajania gracilis (Hook.f. & Thomson) Poljakov ex Tzvelev trib. Anthemideae |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS 26: 407 (1961) |
Native Range | Central Asia to w. Tibet and w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2800-3600m |
Description | stems thin, branched, leaves 12-25mm long, pinnatisect, densely grey hirsute, capitula ca. 3mm across, in small cymes at apex of each branchlet, producing lax panicle |
Size | 15-45cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Chrysanthemum gracile (Hook.f. & Thomson) B.Fedtsch. Chrysanthemum hookeri Kitam. Tanacetum gracile Hook.f. & Thomson |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (WHM West Himalaya) |