Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon araxanum Bunge sect. Staticopsis |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 18(7): 33 (1872) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to e. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 800-1500m |
Description | glaucous, leaves long, linear-triquetrous, long acerose, scapes glabrous, spikelets 7-10 in lax spike, rachis flexuous, glabrous, calyx hirsute, lobes purple striate |
Size | 15-20cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | early 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 | Armeriastrum araxanum (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, TUR Turkey) |