Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon quinquelobum Bunge sect. Tragacanthina |
Synonyms | Armeriastrum quinquelobum (Bunge) Kuntze |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | summer leaves glaucous, applanate-terete, rigid, 2-4cm, acerose, glabrous, margins smooth, scapes ramose, glabrous, spike 3-6cm, spikelets 5-10, remote, 1-flowered, calyx white |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | early 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 (Iran) |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | PLUMBAGINACEAE
quinquelobum curviflorum (Bunge) Dogan & Akaydin, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 154(3): 402 (2007)
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