Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Limonium stocksii (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Bibliography | Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 396 (1891) |
Native Range | s. Iran to Pakistan, Arabian Peninsula |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves oblong-spathulate, tapered to very short petiole, obtuse, carnose, glabrous, spikelets 2-3-flowered in small fascicles, producing paniculate inflorescence |
Size | 20-40cm |
Color | pinkish purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Statice stocksii Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 35 Arabian Peninsula (GST Gulf States, OMA Oman) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |