Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthophyllum coloratum Schischk. |
Bibliography | Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., ser. 1. Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 3: 182 (1937) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | puberulent, leaves linear, 1-2cm, acute, not acerose, margins revolute, scabrously pubescent, floral heads dense, subspherical, ca. 1cm broad, petals linear-cuneate |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | whitish pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 |
Synonyms | Acanthophyllum sarawschanicum f. coloratum Preobr. ex Schischk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) |