Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthophyllum squarrosum Boiss. |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | ramose, grey-green, crisped pubescent, leaves patent, subulate to aristate, sometimes glabrous, at apex spinose, flowers in terminal corymb, petals elliptic-linear, acute |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | white, rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Afghanistan , Iran ) Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (Pakistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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