Family | POLYGONACEAE |
Genus species | Calligonum santoanum Korovin |
Bibliography | Byull. Srede-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ. 9(Suppl.): 30 (1925) |
Native Range | Central Asia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | mature branchlets fuscate, leaves minute, filiform, connate with ochrea, flowers solitary, rather large, lobes of perianth unequal, 4mm long, anthers rose |
Size | 20-50cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer; layering in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) |