Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Atraphaxis billardierei Jaub. & Spach |
Bibliography | Ill. Pl. Orient. 2: 14 (1844) |
Native Range | c. Greece to w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1300-2600m |
Description | leaves bright green, elliptic-oblong to ovate, reticulate, perianth pentamerous |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Atraphaxis graeca Meisn. Atraphaxis variabilis Jaub. & Spach. Tragopyrum billardierii (Jaub. & Spach) Endl. |
Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (GRC Greece, KRI Kriti) 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |