Family | ASTERACEAE |
Genus species | Phagnalon persicum Boiss. trib. Gnaphalieae |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 74 (1846) |
Native Range | w. & s. Iran, Yemen |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | leaves crowded, linear, short, margins revolute, abaxially hirsute, adaxially glabrescent, capitula solitary, involucre pale, phyllaries acute |
Size | 4-10cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-20°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Phagnalon affine Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 35 Arabian Peninsula (YEM Yemen) |