Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon tataricum Boiss. sect. Glumaria |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 623 (1848) |
Native Range | Central Asia (Pamir Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | glaucous, leaves curvate, short, acerose, flatly triquetrous, scapes shortly hirsute, spikelets 5-7, sessile, alternate, remote, 2-flowered in lax, erect spike |
Size | 9-12cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Acantholimon iskanderi Lipsky ex O.Fedtsch. & B.Fedtsch. Armeriastrum tataricum (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |