Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon libanoticum Boiss. sect. Staticopsis |
Synonyms | Armeriastrum libanoticum (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2300m |
Description | glaucous, densely erinaceous, leaves rigid, triquetrous, acerose, margins scabrous, scape shorter than leaves, spikes short, lax, spikelets 4-7, bracts carinate, pungent |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bright pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | shrub, cushion |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLUMBAGINACEAE
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