Family | MALVACEAE |
Genus species | Alcea peduncularis Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Synonyms | Althaea peduncularis (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Baker f. |
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 | tuft |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Iran , Iraq) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | MALVACEAE
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