Family | PLUMBAGINACEAE |
Genus species | Acantholimon latifolium Boiss. sect. Armeriopsis |
Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 4: 61 (1859) |
Native Range | nw. Iran to se. Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | glaucous, leaves in dense rosettes, patent, flat, short, broadly linear, acerose, margins white, scabrous, flowers in terminal ovate-oblong spike, flowers large |
Size | 10-25cm |
Color | red |
Bloom | 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 latifolium (Boiss.) Kuntze |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, TUR Turkey) |