Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon curviflorum Bunge sect. Tragacanthina |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 18(2): 57 (1872) |
Native Range | w. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Description | leaves glaucous, flatly terete, rigid, 2-3cm, acerose, margins smooth, flowers in ramose spike, spikelets 5-10, remote, 1-flowered, calyx white |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
Synonyms | Acantholimon quinquelobum var. curviflorum (Bunge) Dogan & Akaydin Acantholimon straussii Bornm. Armeriastrum curviflorum (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |