Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon tomentellum Boiss. sect. Tragacanthina |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 72 (1846) |
Native Range | sw. Iran (Fars) |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocks and scree |
Description | glaucous, viscid tomentose, spring leaves short, lanceolate, scabrous, summer leaves rigid, spinose, adaxially flat, abaxially convex, spikelets 1-flowered in compact spike |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, 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 | Armeriastrum tomentellum (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |