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 July
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pinardii
June
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kemulariae
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Plant
of the Month
July
2003
Pterocephalus
pinardii
by Iza Goroff
Pterocephalus
pinardii is a member of the Dipsacacea, the Teasel
Family, which also includes the genus Dipsacus (the teasel
genus) and the ornamental genera Cephalaria, Knautia,
Morina, Scabiosa, and Succisa. Pterocephalus is closely
related to Scabiosa, the genus most commonly used as an
ornamental. Pterocephalus
pinardii is very closely related to the Greek
Pterocephalus perennis; both
may be used more or less interchangeably in the rock garden.
Pterocephalus pinardii is a
native of limestone screes and slopes of Turkish
mountains.
Pterocephalus
pinardii forms a low (~3" or 8 cm) mat of lobed and
sometimes divided, gray foliage, ornamental even when not in
bloom. It presents its flower heads on top of its foliage
mats. Each lavender flower head is about an inch or more (~3
cm) across, and comes at time of the year, midsummer, when
few other rock garden plants are blooming.
Pterocephalus
pinardii is an easy plant to cultivate, requiring
only a sunny, well drained soil. It appears to be totally
hardy. It may be propagated by division, summer cuttings, or
seed.
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