Family | CRASSULACEAE |
Genus species | Umbilicus tropaeolifolius Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., 3: 14 (1843) |
Native Range | sw. Iran to ne. Syria and Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 400-1000m |
Description | basal leaves orbiculate-rhombic, to 4cm wide, stem leaves smaller, sometimes ovate-cordate, flowers to 5mm, obconical, many, in branched raceme |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | creamy |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, uncovered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C division in spring; cuttings in late spring and late summer |
Synonyms | Cotyledon tropaeolifolia (Boiss.) Bornm. Cotyledon oxypetalus Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |