Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone insignis (Litv.) Ikonn. |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 27: 63 (1990) |
Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to Afghanistan and Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | lower leaves rigid, sharply acute, 5-7mm long, stem leaves minute, 3-5mm, at base connate into sheath, cymes 3flowered, sepals glabrous, lanceolate, petals ovate-oblong, 5-8mm |
Size | 10-20cm |
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, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Arenaria insignis Litv. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran) |