Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone persica (Boiss.) Ikonn. |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 27: 63 (1990) |
Native Range | Iran |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 2700-3900m |
Description | densely erinaceous, leaves obtuse, triquetrous, setaceous, crowded, flowers solitary, pedicellate, sepals glandular, ovate, petals ovate-oblong |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alsine pungens Stapf Arenaria lessertiana Fenz Arenaria lessertiana var. minor Boiss. Arenaria persica Boiss. Minuartia pungens (Stapf) Parsa |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |