Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Bufonia micrantha Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. [P.E.Boissier] Suppl.: 111 (1888) |
Native Range | w. Iran |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2900-3100m |
Description | branchlets thin, rigid, leaves thinly subulate, acerose, appresed, much shorter than internodes, flowers 3-5, subsessile in terminal fascicles, sepals oblong, acute |
Size | 15-22cm |
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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |