Family | THYMELAEACEAE |
Genus species | Diarthron tianschanicum (Pobed.) Kit Tan |
Bibliography | Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 40: 220 (1982) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Xinjiang |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1700-2000m |
Description | leaves alternate, oblong-elliptic, acute, entire, sparsely white ciliate, green, glabrous, petiole short and thick, flowers in manyflowered heads or short spikes |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | reddish |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Stelleropsis altaica ssp. tianschanica (Pobed.) Kamelin Stelleropsis tianschanica Pobed. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) 36 China (CHX Xinjiang) |