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Acantholimon quinquelobum Bunge sect. Tragacanthina 
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FamilyPLUMBAGINACEAE
Genus speciesAcantholimon quinquelobum Bunge sect. Tragacanthina
BibliographyMém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 18(2): 56 (1872)
Native Rangene. Iran
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocky slopes
Descriptionsummer 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
Size10-20cm
Colorrose
Bloomearly summer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, germ. 1-3 month, 10-16°C
half-ripe cuttings in midsummer, stimulator
SynonymsArmeriastrum quinquelobum (Bunge) Kuntze
Territory3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (IRN Iran)
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