Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Arthrophytum longibracteatum Korovin |
Bibliography | Trudy Sredne-Aziatsk. Gosud. Univ., Ser. 8b, Bot. 29: 15 (1935) |
Native Range | e. Kazakhstan to s. Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets grey-white, leaves linear, subterete, 4-8mm long, horizontally patent, mucronate, bracts similar, shorter, perianth subspherical, 1-2mm wide |
Size | 8-12cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |