Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aethionema fimbriatum Boiss. |
Bibliography | Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2. 17: 193 (1842) |
Native Range | w. & c. Iran to Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2300-2700m |
Description | leaves large, elliptic-oblong, acute, flowers large in short raceme, siliques oblong-cuneate, at apex retuse, winged |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | early 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 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aethionema schizopterum Boiss. & Hausskn. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |