Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
Genus species | Acanthophyllum schugnanicum Schischk. |
Bibliography | Fl. URSS [V.L.Komarov, ed.] 6: 895 (1936) |
Native Range | Central Asia to Afghanistan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Description | leaves subulate-acerose, scabrously pubescent, 1-3cm, adaxially canaliculate, abaxially concave, heads 7-10mm wide, 5-7-flowered, petals oblong-spathulate, rounded |
Size | 8-15cm |
Color | whitish pink |
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 fontanesii ssp. schugnanicum Preobr. ex Schischk. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 32 Middle Asia (TZK Tadzhikistan) 34 Western Asia (AFG Afghanistan) |