Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Inula obtusifolia A.Kern. trib. Inuleae |
Bibliography | Ber. Naturwiss.-Med. Vereins Innsbruck 1: 111 (1870) |
Native Range | e. Afghanistan to w. Tibet and Nepal, Laos |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-4500m |
Description | stems densely glandular, long hirsute, leaves sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, hirsute, entire, acute, capitula solitary, terminal, 2-3cm across, involucre subspherical |
Size | 12-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | summer |
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, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Helenium obtusifolium (A.Kern.) Kuntze Inula thomsonii C.B.Clarke |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (NEP Nepal, PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) 41 Indo-China (LAO Laos) |