Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon cephalotes Boiss. sect. Armeriopsis |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 622 (1848) |
Native Range | Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Description | glaucous, erinaceous, leaves short, patent, on margins scabrous, flatly triquetrous, flowers in ovate-oblong spike, spikelets 5-7, 2-5-flowered, corolla pink striate |
Size | 10-15cm |
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 cephalotum St.-Lag. Armeriastrum cephalotes (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |