Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Arthrophytum korovinii Botsch. |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets silver grey, leaves patent, clavate, 3-5mm, smooth, obtuse or acute, bracts suborbiculate, perianth subspherical, ca. 2mm, segments broadly elliptic |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub, cushion |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Xinjiang) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | AMARANTHACEAE
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