Family | CONVOLVULACEAE |
Genus species | Convolvulus ruprechtii Boiss. |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 4: 96 (1875) |
Native Range | Krym, Caucasus to nw. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1400-1900m |
Description | appresed silvery hirsute, leaves linear, subsessile, upper leaves ovate or obovate-oblong, acute, flowers 3-5, terminal, sessile, in capitate inflorescence |
Size | 5-12cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring after soaking in water cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Convolvulus calvertii ssp. ruprechtii (Boiss.) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland |
Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |