Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Heterochroa turkestanica (Schischk.) Madhani & Zarre |
Bibliography | Taxon 67: 107 (2018) |
Native Range | Central Asia (Tian Shan Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | scree and moraines |
Description | stems glabrous, leaves linear, 4-8mm, thickish, glabrous, flowers in axills of upper leaves, pedicels filiform, calyx broadly campanulate, glabrous, petals obovate-cuneate |
Size | 3-7cm |
Color | purple |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | gravelly, humous, moist, sunny site alpine house, moist, humous, gravelly soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Gypsophila turkestanica Schischk., Trudy Bot. Muz. 24: 38 (1932) |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (KAZ Kazakhstan, KGZ Kirgizistan) |