Family | RUBIACEAE |
Genus species | Plocama crucianelloides (Jaub. & Spach) M.Backlund & Thuli |
Bibliography | Taxon 56: 323 (2007) |
Native Range | w. & s. Iran to Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | stony grassland |
Description | ramose, glabrous, basal leaves opposite, shortly spathulate-linear, thick, vaginate, the upper reduced, membranous, flowers in spike, corolla pubescent, tetramerous |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | pink, white |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C basal cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gaillonia crucianelloides Jaub. & Spach Gaillonia remotiflora Bornm. Neogaillonia crucianelloides (Jaub. & Spach) Puff Pterogaillonia crucianelloides (Jaub. & Spach) Linchevskii |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |