Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Alcea peduncularis Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] Suppl.: 132 (1888) |
Native Range | Iran to n. Iraq |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2100-3000m |
Description | glabrous, stems thin, leaves long petiolate, green, cordate-orbiculate, obtusely lobate, flowers remote in lax, leafy raceme, calyx tomentose, lobes lanceolate, acute |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pale rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Althaea peduncularis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Baker f. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq) |