Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Sabulina litwinowii (Schischk.) Dillenb. & Kadereit |
Bibliography | Taxon 63: 86 (2014) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Iran and Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2000-2500m |
Description | leaves linear-subulate, 4-5mm long, rigid, 3-veined, flowers 1-3, terminal, pedicellate, sepals lanceolate, acute, petals obovate-oblong, 10-15mm long, emarginate |
Size | 5-10cm |
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 | Minuartia aucheriana var. glandulosa Litv. Minuartia kryloviana ssp. litwinowii (Schischk.) Kamelin Minuartia lineata ssp. litwinowii (Schischk.) Assadi & Mostafavi Minuartia litwinowii Schischk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |