Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon scorpius (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. sect. Tragacanthina |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 81 (1846) |
Native Range | Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | glaucous, spring leaves subcarnose, lanceolate-triquetrous, scabrous, summer leavesl long spinose, glabrous, spikelets numerous in dense spikes amongst leaves, calyx glabrous |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
Synonyms | Acantholimon ferox (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. Acantholimon scorpioideum St.-Lag. Acantholimon scorpius var. balutchii Mobayen Armeriastrum ferox (Jaub. & Spach) Kuntze Armeriastrum incomptum Kuntze Armeriastrum leucacanthum Kuntze Statice ferox Jaub. & Spach Statice scorpius Jaub. & Spach. Statice spachii Girard |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |