Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Telephium imperati L. |
Synonyms | Telephium alternifolium Moench |
Telephium exiguum Batt. | |
Telephium oppositifolium L. | |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 50-2200m |
Description | glabrous, leaves to 15mm long, carnose, glaucous, alternate, obovate, obtuse, usually secund, flowers 5-20 in terminal, capitate cyme |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | spring |
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. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Europe
Middle Europe (Switzerland ) Southwestern Europe (France , Spain ) Southeastern Europe (Italy ) Africa Northern Africa (Algeria , Morocco , Tunisia) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | CARYOPHYLLACEAE
mperati pauciflorum Greuter, Candollea 20: 179 (1966)
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