Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Atraphaxis spinosa L. |
Synonyms | Atraphaxis afghanica Meisn. |
Atraphaxis calvertii Boiss. | |
Tragopyrum spinosum (L.) C.Presl | |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 400-3000m |
Description | branchlets patent, at apex leafless, tipped with spine, leaves glaucous, 3-5mm, thick, orbiculate, shortly petiolate, rounded, glabrous, flowers in axillary fascicles |
Size | 30-80cm |
Color | bright pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | spinose shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Territory |
Europe
Eastern Europe (South European Russia ) Africa Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) Caucasus (North Caucasus , Transcaucasus ) Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran , Lebanon-Syria , Turkey ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
spinosa sinaica (Fresen.) Boiss., Fl. Orient. [Boissier] 4: 1021 (1879)
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