Family | LINACEAE |
Genus species | Linum kurdicum (P.H.Davis) Naum.-Svetl. |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 47: 56 (2016) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-3500m |
Description | densely leafy, leaves oblong-linear, obtuse, thick, glaucous, 5-7mm, lower leaves smaller and imbricate, flowers 1-5, petals imbricate, 11-14mm long |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | blue |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny 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 cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Linum punctatum ssp. kurdicum (P.H.Davis) Greuter & Burdet Linum pycnophyllum ssp. kurdicum P.H.Davis |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |