Galatella hauptii Lindl. ex Dc.

Species

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Characteristics

Herbs, perennial, (10-)20-50 cm tall, glabrous or glabrate, sparsely shortly arachnoid, or sparsely scabrous; rhizomes robust. Stems several or solitary, erect or often ascending. Leaves dense, sessile, green, not gland-dotted, glabrate or sometimes sparsely shortly arachnoid, base cuneate, apex shortly acuminate, mucronate; lower and some mid withered at anthesis; mid blade lanceolate to oblanceolate or linear-lanceolate, 3-7 × 0.3-0.5 cm, 1-3-veined; upper usually linear, 1-veined; uppermost reduced. Capitula few in loose corymbiform synflorescences, rarely solitary, 8-15 mm; branch bracts several, linear, peduncles with scalelike bracteoles. Involucre broadly obconic, 6-10 × 3-5 mm; phyllaries 4-or 5-seriate, pale green, sometimes apically pinkish purple, abaxially glabrous or glabrate, membranous, margin narrowly to ± broadly scarious, erose-fimbriate, shortly arachnoid ciliate, 1-veined, outer short, ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, inner long, oblong, apex rounded or obtuse, sometimes acute. Ray florets 10-15, lamina pinkish violet, oblong, 13-15 × 2-3 mm; disk florets 45-50, pale yellow, often becoming pinkish purple tinged, 6-7 mm, limb narrowly funnelform, lobes oblong-lanceolate. Achenes oblong, 5-5.5 mm, white strigose. Pappus whitish, 5-7 mm. Fl. Jul-Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.6
Root system rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Steppes, stony slopes and shrubby formations, mainly in the mid-mountain zone. Mountain slopes, grasslands, stony slopes; at elevations from 1,100-1,800 metres in western China.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-8
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 2-5

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Dysentery (unspecified), Epilepsy (unspecified), Plague (unspecified), Plethora (unspecified), Antidote(Wine) (unspecified), Fever (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Galatella hauptii world distribution map, present in China, Kazakhstan, Liberia, and Mongolia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:208456-1
WFO ID wfo-0000068725
COL ID 6K7RY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Galatella squamosa Galatella nudiflora Aster fastigiatus Galatella hauptii Aster hauptii