Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon avenaceum Bunge sect. Staticopsis |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint. Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 18(7): 25 (1872) |
Native Range | s. Turkmenistan to ne. Iran, s. Transcaucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-2400m |
Description | leaves pale green or glaucous, linear-subulate, narrowly triquetrous, rigid, 2-4cm, flowers in lax spike, spikelets 1-5, 1-flowered, bracts ovaté, acute |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | purple, white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
Synonyms | Acantholimon avenaceum f. simplicior Armeriastrum avenaceum (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TKM Turkmenistan) 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |