Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Paronychia haggariensis Diels |
Bibliography | Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 120: 78 (1917) |
Native Range | Ahaggar Mts., Tibesti |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-3400m |
Description | stems ramose, densely pubescent, leaves sericeous, thick, shortly oblanceolate, curvate, 2-4mm, stipules lanceolate, acute, flowers in terminal heads, bracts nitid, silvery |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | |
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, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Paronychia capitata var. haggariensis (Diels) Maire Paronychia chlorothyrsa var. haggariensis (Diels) Maire Paronychia haggariensis var. latifolia Chaudhri |
Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria) 24 Northeast Tropical Africa (CHA Chad) |