Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Arthrophytum longibracteatum Korovin |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets grey-white, leaves linear, subterete, 4-8mm long, horizontally patent, mucronate, bracts similar, shorter, perianth subspherical, 1-2mm wide |
Size | 8-12cm |
Color | |
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 |
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia (Kazakhstan ) China (Xinjiang) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | AMARANTHACEAE
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