Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium macrorrhizum (Ledeb.) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 395 (1891) |
Native Range | se. European Russia to Siberia and Kazakhstan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | densely pubescent, leaves linear or narrowly lanceolate, 5-10mm, axis ramose, flowers in dense spikes at apex of axis, producing racemose inflorescence, spikelets 4-6mm |
Size | 5-15cm |
Color | white |
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 macrorrhiza Ledeb. |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (RUE East European Russia) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk) 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) |