Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Atraphaxis billardierei Jaub. & Spach |
Synonyms | Atraphaxis graeca Meisn. |
Atraphaxis variabilis Jaub. & Spach | |
Tragopyrum billardieri (Jaub. & Spach) Endl. | |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1300-2600m |
Description | leaves bright green, elliptic-oblong to ovate, reticulate, perianth pentamerous |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | spinose shrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Territory |
Europe
Southeastern Europe (Greece , Kriti ) Asia-Temperate Caucasus Western Asia (East Aegean Is. , Iran , Iraq , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
billardierei tournefortii (Jaub. & Spach.) Lovelius, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 12: 146 (1975)
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