Nanophyton erinaceum (Pall.) Bunge


Family	AMARANTHACEAE
Genus species	Nanophyton erinaceum (Pall.) Bunge
Synonyms	Polycnemum erinaceum Pall.
	Nanophyton caspicum Less.
	Nanophyton juniperinum (C.A.Mey.) C.A.Mey.
Habitat	rocky slopes
Description	leaves 1-5mm, subulate, acerose, semiamplexicaule, in axils lanate, flowers solitary, axillary, perianth in two whorls, vesiculum ovoid, 2mm wide, yellow-brown
Size	10-30cm
Color	whitish yellow
Bloom	summer
Ca
Type	subshrub, cushion
Cultivation	sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagation	seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer
Territory	Europe Eastern Europe (South European Russia ) Asia-Temperate Siberia (West Siberia ) Middle Asia (Kazakhstan , Kirgizistan , Turkmenistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan ) China (Xinjiang ) Mongolia
Bibliography	Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org

Comments	AMARANTHACEAE Nanophyton erinaceum (Pall.) Bunge, Anabas. Rev. 51 (1862) Basionym: Polycnemum erinaceum Pall., Ill. Pl. Orient. 48 (1806) ============================================================================= erinaceum typicum ined. Synonyms: Anabasis caespitosa Steph. ex Moq. Camphorata acuta Crantz Camphorosma acuta L. Halimocnemis caspica (Less.) Moq. Halimocnemis juniperina C.A.Mey. Halimocnemis macrantha Kar. Nanophyton acutum (L.) Fruce Nanophyton caspicum Less. Nanophyton juniperinum (C.A.Mey.) C.A.Mey. Nanophyton macranthum (Kar.) Fisch. & C.A.Mey. Polycnemum juniperinum M.Bieb. s. European Russia, West Siberia, c. Asia, Xinjiang, Mongolia 14 RUS 30 WSB 32 KAZ KGZ TKM TZK UZB 36 CHX 37 MON erinaceum karataviense U.P.Pratov, Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 22: 85 (1985) s. Kazakhstan 32 KAZ erinaceum subulifolium U.P.Pratov, ibid. Kazakhstan 32 KAZ