Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthophyllum crassifolium Boiss. |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 42 (1843) |
Native Range | Iran to Syria |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | pubescent, leaves erect, shortly lanceolate, fasciculate, flowers in dense, terminal heads, calyx sericeous-hirsute, lobes triangular, mucronate, petals narrowly linear |
Size | 10-15cm |
Color | white |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Acanthophyllum kurdicum Boiss. & Hausskn. Gypsophila antilibanotica Post |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria) |