Scorzonera mongolica Maxim.

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Scorzonera

Characteristics

A herb. It grows 5-35 cm tall. It keeps growing from year to year. It has leaves at the base in a ring. The rootstock is cylinder shape. There can be a few stems. The leaves at the base are narrow and 2-13 cm long by 1 cm wide. The leaves on the stem are shorter. The flower heads are only few and in a sparse flat topped arrangement. They are yellow or white.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.15 - 0.3
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. In north China it grows in salty meadows and sands as well as alkaline soils and beach sands from sea level to 3,200 m above sea level.
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Saline meadows, saline sands, alkali lands, dry lake basins, floodplains, lake margin, grassy beaches from near sea level to 2800 metres in China.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) -

Usage

The flowers are eaten raw.
Uses medicinal
Edible flowers leaves roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:243298-1
WFO ID wfo-0000043506
COL ID 4VXB3
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Scorzonera mongolica Scorzonera hotanica Scorzonera fengtienensis Scorzonera mongolica var. ramosa Scorzonera mongolica var. mongolica Scorzonera mongolica var. putjatae