Family | ZYGOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Zygophyllum gobicum Maxim. |
Bibliography | Enum. Pl. Mongolia: 125 (1889) |
Native Range | Central Asia to n. China and Mongolia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | sandy grassland |
Description | glaucous, in fall redden, stems ramose, leaflets 2, ovate, 5-20mm, flowers in pairs, pedicells 2mm, sepals 5, green or orange, 4-6mm, petals smaller than sepals |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | pale green, orange |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan) 36 China (CHI Inner Mongolia, CHN China North-Central, CHQ Qinghai, CHX Xinjiang) 37 Mongolia |