Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon cephalotes Boiss. sect. Armeriopsis |
Synonyms | Acantholimon cephalotum St.-Lag. |
Armeriastrum cephalotes (Boiss.) Kuntze | |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glaucous, erinaceous, leaves short, patent, on margins scabrous, flatly triquetrous, flowers in ovate-oblong spike, spikelets 5-7, 2-5-flowered, corolla pink striate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub, cushion |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia (Afghanistan) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLUMBAGINACEAE
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