Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthophyllum subglabrum Schischk. |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 6: 893 (1936) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-1500m |
Description | leaves subulate, acerose, 2-4cm long, horizontally patent, glabrescent, ciliate, flowers in terminal heads, calyx tubular, lobes acerose, corolla lobes narrowly ovate, 2mm |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | pinkish lilac |
Bloom | 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. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Acanthophyllum leiostegium Vved. Acanthophyllum stoscksianum var. pubescens Freyn Acanthophyllum turcomanicum Schischk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |