Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aethionema stylosum DC. |
Synonyms | Aethionema lacerum Boiss. & Balansa |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-1800m |
Description | leaves large, ovate-lanceolate, acute, lower leaves shortly petiolate, flowers large in capitate raceme |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pink, white, lilac |
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 (Lebanon-Syria , Turkey) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | BRASSICACEAE
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