Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon alexandri Fed. sect. Glumaria |
Bibliography | Bot. Zhurn. S.S.S.R. 33: 34 (1946) |
Native Range | Central Asia (Tian Shan Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves green, flat, rigid, linear to oblanceolate, 3-6cm, shortly aristate, glabrous, margins ciliate-scabrous, spike 4-5cm, spikelets 5-10, approximate, 2-3-flowered |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | bright 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KGZ Kirgizistan) |