Family | BRASSICACEAE |
Genus species | Aethionema umbellatum (Boiss.) Bornm. |
Bibliography | Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 28(2): 535 (1911) |
Native Range | w. & sw. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | branchlets thin, leaves carnose, minute, elliptic-linear, obtuse, flowers in compact umbellate raceme, petals linear, silicles ovate-orbiculate |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | pale violet |
Bloom | late spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Crenularia umbellata (Boiss.) Boiss. Moriera umbellata Boiss. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |