Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Eremogone griffithii (Boiss.) Ikonn. |
Bibliography | Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 10: 140 (1973) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan and Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Subalpine |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2200-4000m |
Description | leaves crowded, linear-subulate, 8-10mm, ciliate, acute, flowers 1-3, bracts ovate, 3mm, pedicels 10-18mm, sepals orbiculate, acute, petals obovate, obtuse, 8-10mm long |
Size | 5-20cm |
Color | white, pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Alsine griffithii Boiss. Arenaria griffithii Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TKM Turkmenistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan, WHM West Himalaya) |