Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon quinquelobum Bunge sect. Tragacanthina |
Bibliography | Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 18(2): 56 (1872) |
Native Range | ne. Iran |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | summer leaves glaucous, applanate-terete, rigid, 2-4cm, acerose, glabrous, margins smooth, scapes ramose, glabrous, spike 3-6cm, spikelets 5-10, remote, 1-flowered, calyx white |
Size | 10-20cm |
Color | rose |
Bloom | early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny 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 | Armeriastrum quinquelobum (Bunge) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran) |