Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aethionema stylosum DC. |
Bibliography | Syst. Nat. 2: 562 (1821) |
Native Range | sw. Syria to s. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1500-1800m |
Description | leaves large, ovate-lanceolate, acute, lower leaves shortly petiolate, flowers large in capitate raceme |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pink, white, lilac |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Aethionema lacerum Boiss. & Balansa |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |