Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon kotschyi (Jaub. & Spach) Boiss. sect. Staticopsis |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 7: 74 (1846) |
Native Range | Syria to s. & c. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 1000-1700m |
Description | rich bluish gray, leaves linear, 15-45mm, floral spikes flexuous, freely branched, floral bracts 5-6mm, limb 10-14mm, white, with purple veinlets |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | pink |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator |
Synonyms | Acantholimon breviscapum Boiss. & Hausskn. Acantholimon kotschyi ssp. laxispicatum Bokhari Armeriastrum kotschyi (Jaub. & Spach.) Kuntze Statice kotschyi Jaub. & Spach |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |