Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Pterocephalus szovitsii Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 3: 150 (1875) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1900m |
Description | green, leaves patule strigose-glandular, the lower ovate, crenate, petiolate, subentire, the upper linear, acute, flowers in radiate heads |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pink |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |