Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthophyllum glandulosum Bunge ex Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 565 (1867) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | green, glandular viscid, densely erinaceous, leaves erect, subulate, adaxially flat, flowers in shortly pedunculated, dense spherical clusters, petals oblong-spathulate, obtuse |
Size | 5-10cm |
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, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Acanthophyllum chloroleucum Rech.f. & Aellen Acanthophyllum crassinodum Yukhan. & J.R.Edm. Acanthophyllum fontanesii Boiss. & Buhse Acanthophyllum fontanesii f. alpinum Bornm. Acanthophyllum fontanesii var. glandulosum (Bunge ex Boiss.) Bornm. Acanthophyllum glandulosum var. roseum Bornm. ex Freyn Acanthophyllum glandulosum var. tomentellum Freyn |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |