Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Pterocephalus pulverulentus Boiss. & Balansa |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] 3: 152 (1875) |
Native Range | e. Medit. to Arabian Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | whitish crisped tomentose, stems ramose, heads 3-5, leaves in outline lanceolate, pinnatipartite, segments short, oblong, entire, involucral bracts oblong-lanceolate |
Size | 15-25cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia, YEM Yemen) |