Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aethionema speciosum Boiss. & A.Huet |
Synonyms | Aethionema latifolium Freyn |
Aethionema paphlagonicum Czeczott & Beauverd | |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-3000m |
Description | glaucous, branchlets simple, leaves ovate and oblong, obtuse, flowers large in lax raceme, silicles patent, retuse, winged, wings crenate-dentate |
Size | 20-25cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iraq , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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