Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon auganum Bunge sect. Staticopsis |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 18(7): 39 (1872) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Himalaya |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-3100m |
Description | leaves linear-triquetrous, sharply acute, glabrous, margins scabrous, scapes simple, spikelets 2-7, 1-flowered, in compact terminal spike, calyx infundibuliform |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 | Acantholimon munroanum Aitch. & Hemsl. Armeriastrum auganum (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |