Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon libanoticum Boiss. sect. Staticopsis |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 630 (1848) |
Native Range | Lebanon to Anti-Lebanon, s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2300m |
Description | glaucous, densely erinaceous, leaves rigid, triquetrous, acerose, margins scabrous, scape shorter than leaves, spikes short, lax, spikelets 4-7, bracts carinate, pungent |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | bright pink, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
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 |
Synonyms | Acanthophyllum caryophyllaceum var. brachystachium Boiss. Armeriastrum libanoticum (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |