Family | ZYGOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Zygophyllum olivieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng |
Bibliography | Global Fl. 4: 93 (2018) |
Native Range | s. Turkey to Sinai and Pakistan |
Primary Biome | Desert or Dry Shrubland |
Habitat | dry, sandy grassland |
Description | glandular, erect, spines spreading, long as leaves, leaves subsessile, simple, oblong-linear, rigid, flowers solitary, sepals hirsute, oblong-lanceolate |
Size | 15-35cm |
Color | pale red |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | dry, sunny site with a poor, sandy soil alpine house, sandy soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in spring |
Synonyms | Fagonia olivieri DC. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan, IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai, TUR Turkey) 35 Arabian Peninsula (KUW Kuwait, SAU Saudi Arabia) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (PAK Pakistan) |