Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Armeria caespitosa (Ortega) Boiss. |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 679 (1848) |
Native Range | c. Spain |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | grassland and rocks |
Altitude | 1500-2500m |
Description | leaves short, narrowly linear, triquetrous, rigid, tipped with short, pointed, white mucro, on margins scabrous, scape pubescent, involucre pale brown, bracts ovate |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pale lilac, pink |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, dark, moist, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Armeria caespitosa var. isernii Vicioso & Beltrán Armeria juniperifolia var. isernii (Vicioso & Beltrán) Armeria maritima var. caespitosa (Ortega) Bernis¨ Statice caespitosa Ortega Statice isernii (Vicioso & Beltrán) Font Quer & Rothm. |
Territory | 1 Europe 12 Southwestern Europe (SPA Spain) |