Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon fasciculare Boiss. sect. Tragacanthina |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 626 (1848) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | green, glabrous, erinaceous, spring leaves short, flattened, scabrous, revolute, summer leaves subulate, spinose, spikelets 3-5, 2-flowered, in sessile, short, dense spikes |
Size | 5-8cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
Synonyms | Acantholimon parsanum Mobayen Acantholimon tragacanthium Griff. ex Bunge Armeriastrum fasciculare (Boiss.) Kuntze Armeriastrum tragacanthium (Griff. ex Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |