Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthophyllum korolkowii Regel & Schmalh. |
Synonyms | Acanthophyllum alexandrae Smirn. ex Regel |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | ramose, densely glandular-pubescent, leaves sessile, linear-oblong, obtuse, scabrous, bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, margins scarious, calyx cylindrical, petals oblong |
Size | 15-70cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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