Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthophyllum korolkowii Regel & Schmalh. |
Bibliography | Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 5: 29 (1877) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | 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 | subshrub |
Cultivation | 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 |
Synonyms | Acanthophyllum alexandrae Smirn. ex Regel |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |