Family | CAPRIFOLIACEAE |
Genus species | Pterocephalus arabicus Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 10: 78 (1849) |
Native Range | c. Sinai |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 1100-1200m |
Description | crisped patule hirsute, leaves lanceolate-linear, attenuate to petiole, entire or dentate, pedicels rigid, involucral bracts oblong-lanceolate, flowers in heads |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
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, 18-21°C cuttings in summer |
Synonyms | Scabiosa arabica (Boiss.) Blatt. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (SIN Sinai) |