Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon hedinii Ostenf. sect. Glumaria |
Bibliography | S. Tibet [S.Hedin] 6(3): 48 (1922) |
Native Range | Central Asia to nw. Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 3000-4700m |
Description | leaves pale glaucous, lanceolate to linear, 4-8mm long, glabrous, acute, spikelets sessile, axillary, 1-2-flowered, limb white, with dark purple veinlets |
Size | 1-5cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
Synonyms | Acantholimon diapensioides var. longifolia O.Fedtsch. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |