Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon distachyum Boiss. sect. Glumaria |
Bibliography | Prodr. [A.P.de Candolle] 12: 623 (1848) |
Native Range | Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | erinaceous, glaucous, leaves rigid, long acerose, flatly triquetrous, flowers in dense head, spikelets 2-3-flowered, bracts oblong with white margins |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | brownish white |
Bloom | 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 distachyum (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |