Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon subulatum Boiss. sect. Staticopsis |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 629 (1848) |
Native Range | Afghanistan to w. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | densely erinaceous, green, glabrous, leaves subulate-triquetrous, thinly and long acerose, spikelets 5-9 in narrow compact, sessile spike, bracts triangular-ovate |
Size | 9-12cm |
Color | white |
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 leptostachyum Aitch. & Hemsl. Acantholimon nuristanicum Kitam. Armeriastrum subulatum (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |