Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon assyriacum Boiss. sect. Staticopsis |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 81 (1846) |
Native Range | Syria to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glaucous, leaves broad, flatly carinate, acerose, floral scapes short, spikes simple, lax, secund, bracts triangular, acuminate, calyx sparsely hirsute |
Size | 8-12cm |
Color | rose |
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 | Acantholimon venustum var. assyriacum (Boiss.) Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |