Family | AMARANTHACEAE |
Genus species | Anabasis aretioides Moq. & Coss. ex Bunge |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersboug, Sér. 7, 4: 35 (1862) |
Native Range | Algeria to Mali |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Description | leaves numerous, imbricate, 4-rowed, 4-7mm long, triangular, adaxially flat, abaxially convex, glabrous, mucronate, flowers 3-5 in axillary clusters |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | |
Bloom | summer |
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Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in winter, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-13°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Fredolia aretioides (Moq. & Coss. ex Bunge) Ulbr. Noaea aretioides Bunge |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco, WSA Western Sahara) 22 West Tropical Africa |