Family | POLYGALACEAE |
Genus species | Polygala mascatensis Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 470 (1867) |
Native Range | e. & se. Arabian Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, stony grassland |
Description | adpressed grey hirsute, spinose, leaves minute, ovate-oblong, flowers 1-3, axillary, sepals ovate, green, tomentose, wings ovate |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | white-purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman) |