Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Atraphaxis karataviensis Lipsch. & Pavlov |
Bibliography | Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 733 (1932) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | leaves crowded at apex of branchlets, oval, petiolate, retuse, carnose, flat, glabrous, flowers in fascicles of 1-3 in axils of leaves, long pedicellate |
Size | 7-25cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | |
Type | shrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 16-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Synonyms | Atraphaxis pulcherrima Vassilcz. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |