Family | PLANTAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Plantago sinaica (Barnéoud) Decne. trib. Plantaginae |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 13(1): 733 (1852) |
Native Range | w. Jordan to Sinai |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets densely leafy, leaves viscid hirsute, erect, linear-triquetrous, abaxially sulcate, entire, obtuse, spikes ovate-spherical, few flowered, bracts ovate |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Plantago arabica Boiss. Plantago longestyla C.Presl Plantago psylium var. sinaica Barnéoud Psyllium sinaicum (Barnéoud) Holub |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) |