Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Psephellus holargyreus Bornm. & Woronow trib. Cardueae |
Bibliography | Věstn. Tiflissk. Bot. Sada 32: 5 (1914) |
Native Range | s. Transcaucasus to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | grey arachnose-tomentose, leaves petiolate, broadly obovate, remotely denticulate, acute, capitula in lax corymb, involucre silvery, bracts ovate-lanceolate, entire |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1 month, 16-21°C division in early spring and fall; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Centaurea erivanensis ssp. holargyrea (Bornm. & Woronow) Gabrieljan Psephellus erivanensis ssp. holargyreus (Bornm. & Woronow) Greuter |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |