Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aethionema diastrophis Bunge |
Bibliography | Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1841: 7 (1841) |
Native Range | s. Transcaucasus |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves oblong-linear, 6-15mm long, flowers in raceme, petals 5mm long, silicles broadly ovate, wings coarsely incised-dentate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | whitish rose |
Bloom | early 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 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Diastrophis cristata Fisch. & C.A.Mey. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) |