Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Schizotechium turkestanicum (Schischk.) Arabi, Rabeler & Zarre |
Bibliography | Taxon 71: 625 (2022) |
Native Range | Central Asia to n. Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | stoloniferous, stems rigid, erect, grey-green, white tomentose, leaves broadly ovate to lanceolate, thick, densely white tomentose, sessile, acute, flowers pendent |
Size | 5-7cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in early spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Stellaria turkestanica Schischk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan, TZK Tadzhikistan, UZB Uzbekistan) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |