Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Cynanchica icarica (Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem.) P.Caputo & al. |
Bibliography | Pl. Biosystems 154: 772 (2020) |
Native Range | East Aegean Islands (Ikaria) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 400-500m |
Description | densely grey hirsute, leaves dense, minute, narrowly ovate, acuminate, long mucronate, flowers 2-4 in terminal fascicle, anthers black |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | 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. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Asperula icarica Ehrend. & Schönb.-Tem. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is.) |