Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Calligonum santoanum Korovin |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | mature branchlets fuscate, leaves minute, filiform, connate with ochrea, flowers solitary, rather large, lobes of perianth unequal, 4mm long, anthers rose |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kirgizistan , Tadzhikistan , Uzbekistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | POLYGONACEAE
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