Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon tragacanthinum (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. sect. Tragacanthina |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 81 (1846) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to ne. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glaucous, spring leaves subcarnose, curvate, triquetrous, scabrous, summer leaves spinose, adaxially flat, abaxially convex, spikelets 5-10 in shortly pedicellate, lax spike |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
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 | Armeriastrum tragacanthinum (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze Statice tragacanthina Jaub. & Spach |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |