Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium congestum (Ledeb.) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891) |
Native Range | sw. Siberia to ne. Xinjiang and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Altitude | 2300-2700m |
Description | leaves basal, petiolate, oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 1-4cm, spikes dense, 10-20 spikelets with 2-5 flowers, bracts 2mm, broadly obovate |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Statice congesta Ledeb. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, TVA Tuva) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |